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OCR Page 1 of 5UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
URBANA, ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
319 Lincoln Hall
December 7, 1951
Mr. Daniel Francis Clarey
P. .O. Box 322
Springfield, Ohio
Dear Mr. Clarey:
I appreciate very much your letter of November 30, and
the enclosure containing a full statement of your plan for
amending the U.S. Constitution. As I read your plan, I am
inclined to favor it, since it introduces essentially the
same idea in respect to ratification by legislatures as by
conventions- - - that is, that the one body acts and only the
one body, that such action should be taken as promptly as
possible, and that any action taken should be conclusive.
This is also in accord with the principles applied in the
amendment of state constitutions, and it seems to me to be
sensible. I would feel also that any change in the amend-
ing process ought by this time provide for the possibility
of popular ratification as well.
No doubt you will agree that, however sensible such
a plan may be, our traditions and the general inertia with
respect to these matters are likely to prevent the adop-
tion of these changes for some time. You should, however,
be able to influence some member of Congress to introduce
the plan, and thus bring it to public attention.
Thank you again for sending this to me. I am return-
ing it herewith.
Very sincerely yours,
Clarence A. Berdahl
Professor of Political Science
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