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is by a body that can do something about it. There have

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been any number of commissions here in Maryland which

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have studied reorganization of various branches of the

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government and have come up with some very laudatory

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reports.

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THE CHAIRMAN: You have used five of your

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ten minutes, Delegate Needle.

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DELEGATE NEEDLE: But those reports to a

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large extent have been filed away and little has been

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done about them.

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In addition to that, I submit this is a ' 1

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piecemeal manner in which to study the structure of our

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government.

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Some of you may ask what about the cost to this i

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state of calling of a convention? I submit that regard-

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less of what that cost may be, and it is relatively

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small, it is a small price to pay.

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To get down to specifics. GP-8 only permits

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the General Assembly to call a Constitutional Convention.

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I can't understand why the Governor or the people by !

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petition should not also have the right to call a Constitut- i