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an opportunity to know who complained against them, what

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the nature of the complaint was, when they had no opportunity

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afforded for confrontation and cross examination of the

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complaining witnesses.

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It would seem to me that one thing that we

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want to prohibit is the inclination of legislative bodies

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to go on fishing expeditions. It would seem to me

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that in granting the powers to committees to subpoena witnes-

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ses that we would want to guarantee that a legislative

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committee would not want to hold someone up to scorn and

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to have them punished simply because what they believed was

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out of step with what was popular.

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Consequently, I believe it incumbent upon this

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Convention to see to it that we have a Constitutional

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provision which requires fair and just treatment. How

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this will be implemented, of course, will fall into the

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hands of the General Assembly itself, or to the executive

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bodies of the State, but it seems to me that we do not go

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far enough when we simply provide for due process. We must

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I take the further step and guarantee that witnesses who are

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subpoenaed against their will on many occasions will not be