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For the present system, since it bases representation in the senate solely on population, not only gives the populous areas an advantage in that chamber; it also gives the large counties a 20-seat advantage in the house. Instead ol correcting this over-emphasis on population, the majority report would com pound the error by giving the big counties still more house seats. THEN CANCEL IT OUT 3. To cancel that out, it would violate the sacred principle that representation in at least one chamber must be based on pop ulation alone ? violate it twice. It would limit to two the num ber of senators from any one county, no matter how popu lous; and limit to four the number of counties in any one senatorial district, no matter how small the population. The majority report, in short, would merely put more patches on an already patch ed and long outgrown pair of pants ? presumably on the theory the boy might refuse to wear any others! 4. Legislative representation is a political matter; and it is a basic concept in representative government that the minority must have a voice on vital mat ters; under that concept, surely the minority party in North Carolina should have a say-so in determining how legislative representation shall be allotted. But, the state's political com plexion being what it is, the net result of the majority re port proposal for a commission would be to make that an all Democratic body. That is wrong in principle. In practice, it would have the effect of further undercutting the citizen's con fidence in the honesty and just ness of his state government. PROPOSALS I propose that the 1957 Gen eral Assembly pass and submit to the people a constitutional amendment that would: 1. Base representation In one house on population alone, In the other on the county unit. Since it is immaterial which chamber represents which, and since it is traditional in North Carolina for every county to be represented in the lower house, I recommend that the senate represent population, and the house the counties. Specifically, the house would be made up of 100 members, one, and only one, from each county. The senate would have 50 members, allotted on a basis of population, as the constitu tion now provides. GIVE MINORITY SAY SO 2. Provide for a three-mem ber commission, authorized and directed to redistrict for the senate as' soon as practicable after the adoption of this amendment, and in future after each decennial census; the members to be appointed as follows: One by the chairman of the state Democratic execu tive committee, one by the chairman of the state Repub lican executive committee, and one by the Governor of North Carolina. And give the N. C. Supreme Court authority to compel this commission to per FOR THE BEST BUYS IN Tricycles Wagons Dolls Carriages Tractors and hundreds of Other Toys SHOP AND SAVE at Main Street S. & L. 5 and 10c STORE ? ? / Franklin, N. C. form its duty within a reason able time. If we are to have a demo cratic form of government, honest and just legislative representation is fundamental. A single set of figures sug gests how far we are from that today: One group of senatorial dis tricts, containing only 10 per cent of the state's population (1950 census) elects 12 senators, or one-fourth of the senate. An other group of districts, con taining about 25 per cent of the state's population, has only sev en senators, or one-seventh of the senate. And that In the chamber that Is supposed to re flect population! FAVORS EARLY ELECTION Such a situation demands remedying without further de lay. I therefore recommend that this General Assembly provide for an election In 1957, submit ting this amendment to the people; so that, If they approve It, Its provisions will become ef fective In the election of mem bers of the 1959 General As assembly. North Carolina's wood-using In dustries provide Jobs for 78,000 people whose salaries and wages total nearly a quarter of a billion dollars a year. Why Catholics Believe As They Do ^ tv's? VK ~ZZS_ ^ People on the outside often wonder why Catholics keep "running" to church. And many of them erroneously conclude that this devotion is prompted by fear rather than faith, and by a sense of obligation rather than a spirit of piety and zeal. "Catholics," they have heard it said, "go to church because they are obliged to do so. The priests keep telling them it is a sin if they don't . . . that they risk eternal damnation if they don't obey the Church. Catholicism is a religion of fear." It may be possible to "fool all of the people some of the time." But is it not unbelievable that literally billions of people could have been deceived over a period of nearly 2,000 years? Could Catholicism have held the loyalty of eminent philosophers, scientists and other intellectuals down through the centuries if all it offered was a doctrine of fear and superstition? No, your Catholic neighbor does not go to Mass and Confession and participate in other religious de votions merely because of an obli gation imposed by the Church. It is, he believes, an obligation im posed upon him by God; and it isn't fear, but the desire to serve God that prompts his religious life. Religion to a Catholic is not merely i worthy and virtuous ac tivity. It is an absolute duty. It is, we believe, the means provided by God for the fulfillment of the God given purpose of our lives. It is the channel through which we acknowledge our utter dependence upon God, and by means of which we give expression to our love, faith and gratitude. Catholics believe further that we must honor God in the way re vealed through his true Son, Jesus Christ, Who commanded that we "...hear the Church." We believe that Christ established the Catholic Church and that it bears all the distinguishing marks which Christ' said His Church would bear. We accept the teachings of the Catholic Church, therefore, because we be lieve that it is Christ's Church. It isn't fear or superstition that im pels us to do this, but clear histori cal fact and our own reason and intelligence. If you would like to know all about the basic Catholic beliefs . . . and the solid reasons behind them . . . write today for our free pam phlet. It will be sent in a plain wrapper and nobody will call on you. 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