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amendment 24-A.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Anyone else desire to speak in

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favor of the amendment?

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Delegate Marvin Smith.

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DELEGATE MARVIN SMITH: It is with extreme

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reluctance that I rise to oppose Delegate Willoner, for whom

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I have acquired great affection in the last few months.

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This is the most dangerous amendment that has

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come to the floor of the convention. This is a shotgun

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approach. It says all ex cept, all records shall be open

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to the people except as may be prescribed by law. It

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places on the general assembly the responsibility of

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carefully combing, and no matter how carefully it may comb,

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in spite of sin, it will miss something and then that

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something will be opened to public inspection.

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I und erstand the word "record" has been defined.

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I submit to you it will be defined and redefined more, and

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in the process of redef ination, yet other problems will

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arise.

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Let me point out to you, Mr. Chairman , that even

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the proposal submitted here in support of amendment 24 fails