NEWS CONFERENCE 111

Q. Governor, have you had a chance to assess the impact of your
television address the other night on tax reform legislation?

A. I really haven't heard a great deal about it. I have had a few
individuals indicate that they felt that it did some good. But I sup-
pose the worst place to look for an accurate reflection of the effective-
ness of those remarks would be to me, because most people who
would voice an opinion to me would be approving of what was done.

Q. Governor, in one of the Sunday papers yesterday, it mentioned
the fact that the Baltimore County Liquor Board, now that there is
a good chance that it will be Republican dominated, could attempt
to abolish slot machines in the Baltimore County taverns and bars.
Do you have any comment on that?

A. Well, I have always taken the viewpoint that if I'm going to
insist in administrative appointments on the highest type individual
I can get, it would be an insult for me to attempt to guide their ad-
ministrative determinations by superimposing my judgment on their
judgment. So what I'm really saying to you is, whatever happens in
Baltimore County with regard to the Liquor Board will be the con-
sensus of opinion among those that we have appointed to those posts.

Q. Governor, on Saturday legislators dealing with the Constitutional
Convention indicated that they were going to stick to their guns in
regard to an 85 vote for final passage of the Constitution. I know
that you favor 72.

A. Yes.

Q. Would you veto the bill if it comes up?

A. No, I wouldn't veto the bill on the ground that it required a 3/5

majority. But again I want to reemphasize my very strong conviction

that in the interest of a fluid and efficient Constitutional Convention
the majority vote, protected by the requirement that the majority
must be a majority of the whole, seems to me to be the safest pro-
cedure to be adopted.

Q. Would you veto a Constitutional Convention bill if it comes up?
In other words would you accept a Constitutional Convention on any
term?

A. I would never give such a broad acceptance to any bill because
it leaves me completely open ended.

Q. Do you approve passage of the revolving credit bill?