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hope inherent in this proposal without the necessity or

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the ability to carry out that hope. I would urge the

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amendment be adopted.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Delegate Bennett.

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For what purpose does Delegate Pullen rise?

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DELEGATE PULLEN: I want to oppose the amend-

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ment.

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DELEGATE JAMES: I recognize Delegate Bennett.

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DELEGATE BENNETT: Mr. Chairman, ladies and

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gentlemen of the Committee, I went along with Delegate

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Scanlan in opposing some of these amendments initially,

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but I know when the Convention has spoken and what its

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intents and ideas are, and I am willing to accept that

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decision and not continue to reiterate and object to

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what their plain meaning is.

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What we have here is trying to establish a

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concept. A concept is a goal. We are not writing a

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constitution alone of restraints and retributions and don'ts.

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We are undertaking to set up certain goals and if ever

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there has been a goal in this nation, it is the concept

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of economic security. It has been implemented on the