The Amendment of the Federal Constitution F. David Thompson The Reorganization of State Government The Recall of Judicial Decisions William Draper Lewis Clarence D. Ashley Discussion by Henry R. Seager FOURTH SESSION Saturday afternoon, October 26 Topic LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Initiative and Referendum Paul S. Reinsch The Federal Budget Frederick A. Cleveland Efficient Organization of the Personnel in Administration W. F. Willoughby Legislative Drafting Thomas I. Parkinson Harlan F. Stone, Dean of the Law School of Columbia University, presided at the first session, and Munroe Smith, Professor of Roman law and comparative jurisprudence in Columbia University, presided at the third and fourth sessions. CONFERENCE DINNER The second session was the regular conference dinner held at the Hotel Astor on Friday evening, October 25, President Samuel McCune Lindsay presiding. The general topic for discussion was "The Direct Primary versus the Convention Method of Choosing Candidates for Public Office." Addresses were made by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of Government in Harvard University and by the Hon. Edgar T. Brackett, of the New York state senate. Statements on direct primaries by the three leading candidates for governor of New York, Messrs. Hedges, Straus and Sulzer, were read. Mr. Hedges was represented by Mr. John A. Stewart, State Chairman of the Republican Party; Mr. Straus by Mr. William H. Hotchkiss, State Chairman of the National Progressive Party; and Mr. Sulzer by Col. Alexander S. Bacon. The papers read at the sessions, the discussions, and the addresses and statements at the dinner are printed elsewhere in this volume. (242) |