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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Yes, Mr. Chairman.

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This is a bill of rights, a statement of the

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fundamental freedoms of man. It has been said necessitous

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man is not free man and the freedom of religion, the

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freedom of expression, the freedom of assembly, all of these

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freedoms are hollowed and meaningless for man who is

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necessitous.

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The Bible in the Old Testament talks about the

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right of the poor in four places, twice in Isaiah and twice

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in Psalms and there, the unjust judge is discussed as the

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man, as the judge, who deprives the person who is poor of

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justice.

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I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen, that this

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is the most important right, this right to be free from

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necessity and to be free from want.

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The object of capitalism must be to guarantee

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the rights that are set forth in this particular section.

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This is the purpose of capitalism.

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Communism has always insisted that capitalism

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cannot achieve this purpose. I submit to you this

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afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, that this is our challenge,