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have the same thinking that we would do the same things for

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natural resources, that we will do the same thing for

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mental health. Those people need help, but this is not the

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place to put it, in a constitution. We should remember

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and get our perspective back. The place to do it is

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through the lawful, the legal way, through the elected

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representatives of your people working in debate so that

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they can devise programs, study programs, find the answers

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to these very complicated questions .

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There is no question here that we all want equal

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opportunity in education for all of our people; but it is

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a very difficult thing to reach by putting it in the

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Constitution. It could do serious harm in my opinion.

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If we are going to find the new ideas, if we are going to

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go into the new era that this Constitution can bring, then

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let us do it, let us reject this clause from the Constitu-

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tion and let our General Assembly go to work.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.

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DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chairman, ladies and

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gentlemen of the Convention, before yielding time, and I

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want to clarify this, we have an amendment to offer to