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clergy, otherwise you produce something that may not

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be what you had hoped for. I am afraid we may have it

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here.

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We all got into this program in October with

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a great deal of enthusiasm. Delegate Hostetter brought

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from Washington a group of experts who were prepared to

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tell us how this thing was such a wonderful plan. In the

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first place, we produced Congressman Rumsfeld of Illinois, and

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the first thing he said was this: "I have been advised by

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the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of

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Congress that there are no state constitutional provisions

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in this area in any of the 50 states." So you will be

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making new law if you put this in.

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Delegate Maurer has suggested that New York did

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a fine, beautiful thing. You know what happened to the

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New York Constitution.

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Just let me tell you what the New York

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provision was, and maybe you will see the great difference

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between what is now proposed and what the New York

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Constitution proposed, and Delegate Winslow picked it up

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right away. He said this thing is backwards. Here is