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them to adopt it, if you think you can tear up and dis-
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rupt everything the people have learned to live with,
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you are going to have a problem.
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THE CHAIRMAN: We certainly cherish that
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thought because we think it's an important one. Let's
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move onto some mundane things, now.
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MR. BROOKS: Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. I wondei
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if we could get a few more comments on the size of the
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House, just narrowing No. 9 to that? We've had one
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statement. I wonder if we could have- any others reported
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tonight on the size of the House?
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THE CHAIRMAN: Senator James?
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SENATOR JAMES: I gave the statement original-
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ly that I thought the unicameral house should have 30 or
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35 districts with two members in each district. That
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would give you a legislature of from 60 to 70 people.
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I disagree with Mr. Hardwicke in this respect.
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I don't think that the local unit in which you have your
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home rule would bear any relationship to the representa-
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tion in the legislature. I think that the districts would
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be relatively small, maybe 125,000 each, represented by
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