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Show NOVEL MEASURE BEFORE OREGON Scheme of State Rule By Occupation Backed By Farmers and Labor PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 13.- Tl 'plan of state government will br en- Itlrely changed, and a representative j body chosen each four years from occupations oc-cupations will have full control. If a ) plan proposed by the Peoples' Powter league, Including aspirants of th state grange, tho farm bureau, the state federation of labor, and some business men. Is adopted by the olera. An Initiative In-itiative measure, proposing a change In the constitution, to be voted on In 1924. was filed Thursday with the secretary sec-retary of state nt Salem. It had been planned to have the measure before 'the people at the coming election, but sufficient signatures sure Dot obtained In time, according to W. 8. L'Ren. sec- , 'retary of the People's Power league. I l"nd-r the provisions of the proposed propos-ed amendment, the voters registered In each occupation or classification of occupations having one-alxtleth of all the registered legal voters of the state shall be entitled to elect one representative repre-sentative in tho legislative assembly for each ouch one-sixtieth of all the registered voters In the stale in that ; occupation. Tbe leirlalatlve assembly would consist con-sist of a house of representatives of 6o members. The fall term of office would be four years. Representatives would be subject to recall, and the legislative leg-islative assembly subject to recall of ! dissolution Tho state senate would be j abolished. |