The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-10-25
Recommendations on
State Questions Given

OtdtSVucSlIOIlS 1lNcH
Recommendations on the pro-
posed constitutional amendments
and referred laws were listed We'd
nesday in the Morning Sun. Usual
~ these recommendation are
sound and in the hope that readers
will avail themselves of the in
formation in an effort to vote WISE
~ on the matters. the following
comment is copied rom that news
paper.
State Questions
In the November balloting. voters /
will be asked to pass on nine State |
Questions. These will appear on the
ballots and voting machines of all
State subdivisions and will be mum /
bcrcd uniformity from / through |
8. Five of the questions concern |
State constitutional amendments. |
The other four are refercnda on
acts of the State Legislature.
Following is summary state
mcnt of The Suns position on these
nine questions, all of which have
had previous attention in the news
and editorial columns:
Questions No. ! and No. 3.
Constitutional amendments alter
ing procedure for quick take" Of
condemned property for publ,
purposes in Baltimore city ana
Montgomery county. They are cs-
Sentially technical in nature pro-
posed in the interest of efficient
procedure. and the rights of prop
erty owners are fully protected.
Vote FOR.
Question No. 2
Constitutional amendment in
creaSing the numbers of signatures
required for a referendum petition
and is inspired by recent abuses
of the referendum procedure The
number required would he raised
from the present 10000 to 3 per
cent of the vote cast for governor in
the last previous election-roughlY
$4,000 at the present time To some
extent this will discourage abuse Of
the referendum procedures Vote
FOR.
Question No. q
This amendment would raise the
salaries of State Legislators from
$1,000 a year to $1,000. The present
expense allowance of $40 per day
plus mileage would remain I'M
changed This would be the third
raise for legislators since 1912 Tor
attendance at an average OF 60 .
days per year The case for an in
crease is not convincing Vote
AGAINST
Question No. 5
This amendment is the first move
in an effort to cope more effective
ly with the problem of The sup
port of Legitimate children. /
Through constitutional qurk.
man can be imprisoned for failure
to support his legitimate child but
the parent of an illegitimate child /
cannot be- except in roundabout |
way. The purpose is to correct this |
anomaly, necessary precondition
to new laws under which the State |
can compel irresponsible parents |
to meet their responsibility ior the
support Of illegitimate offspring
Vote FOR.
.s Question No.
The General Assembly OF 1861
passed a rcdistricting law. which,
though it raises the number of
congressional districts from seven
to eight, does not in fact meet the
need for an equitable redistrict-
ing of the State The General AS
sembly must be required to Go
better than this Vote AGAINST.
Question No.
Over the years number Of loop
holes inconsistent with the spirit
of the original unemployment act
have developed in its administra-
ton. This act closes number OF
those loopholes. 1t also Increases
the maximum basic unemployment
benefit from S35 to $38 per week
The reforms embodied in il were
exclusively debated and are DC
sirable Vote FOR.
Question No.
Everyone remembers the legisla-
tive battle in the spring of 1861
that was required to fEt through
law to regulate the savings and
loan industry. A petition sponsored
by James H. Pollack suspended the
operation of that regulatory law
,equiring a specia! session and
passage of emergency legislation to
take its place. For technical reasons
the emergency law which is now
in effect, is inferior to the original
law. Approval of the original law
is desirable Vote FOR.
Question No. g
This is the original law establish
ing Municipal Court for Ba!ti-
more city, likewise forced into sue-