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...Freund appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on constitutional amendments Tuesday, as one of several representatives of the American Bar Association. They presented the proposals drawn up at an ABA conference on presidential inability and succession held in January...
...Vice Presidency should have a popular base," Freund stated, "and at the same time be in harmony with the Congress. These objectives can best be achieved by associating the Congress and the President in the selection, with the opportunity for informal consultation to be expected in such a process...
...trouble with having the Speaker of the House" succeed to the Vice Presidency, Freund said, is that he might be of a different party than the President...
...Freund also pointed out that a Speaker might be reluctant to resign and assume an office he might be filling for only a short time...
...Freund feels that the office of Vice President should be kept filled--as it is not, under present laws--to assure "continuity of Administration policy," and avoid "extraneous considerations in deciding whether to make a transfer of power...