Nigerian Students Protest Volunteer Write » ‘ Nigeria

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  • John A. Hannah
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« u m u * , b . » « * posed to etoeed Cm Con ses­ sions even though heapproved such * measure tost week. Hannah, a constitutional con­ vention delegate, said that his vote Wednesday to allow com­ mittees to b u d closed meet­ ings If authorized by-a major­ ity of the delegates did not mean that he approved of clos­ ed meetings, He said that the only circum­ stances to which he would con­ done a closed meeting were when a person’s job or reputa­ tion would be damaged by an open hearing. “ In such cases,” saidHan­ nah, “the committee should have the' opportunity to submit its request for a closed meet­ ing to a vote of the convention. It will take a majority vote \p Close a meeting, and aside from exceptional cases, therei t V i l l i C A t o l l U V i l O l i V M U 0) w I f i V _ n ; J will be almost no chance of ̂ habit, he said getting 74 delegates to favor closing.” _ Hannah said that he thought there would be no closed meet­ ings of the reapportionment committee, of which he is chairman. In regard to the disputed completion date of the conven­ tion, Hannah said that he was inclined to favor an early com­ pletion date if the convention could finish its work. — Delegate HenFy Woolfenden (H-Bloomfield Hills) proposed Thursday that the convention complete its business by Dec. 31 so that the proposed revi­ sions can be put on the ballot next April. The constitution was originally scheduled and financed to last until April and to be put to a vote in the Nov., 1962, election. _ Woolf enden argued that it was likely that in April the Con-Con would be~the only ma­ jor issue on the ballot and would still be fresh in the vot­ e rs’ minds. In November, he said, it would be only one of many items on the ballot, and voter interest in the proposed revised constitution might not be as great. sparing the voter confusion. Most likely one of the sec­ tions to the revised constitution wifi be a provision for thevgovernor to be elected for-« fouryear term rattie r than the present two-year term , said Han­ nah. If the voters can deckle on this question , t o April, then their decision will go into ef­ fect for toe November guber­ natorial election. “We ought to move as fast as we can,” he said. “ I see no reason why we can’t finish to a couple of months if we work diligently.”" Hannah hoped the constitu­ tional convention didn’t get in­ to a bad habit of toe legisla­ ture. “They put off their work so long that they get into a lazy

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تاریخ انتشار 2014