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reflect those attitudes fifty years from now.

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The calling of a convention at that period

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in our history will not require an overhauling of our

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constitution but will permit an outstanding deliberative

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body such as this to consider the basic structure of our

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government in toto with the ability to do something about

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it.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: Mr. Chairman, ladies and

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gentlemen of the committee, I sincerely hope this

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Convention will not adopt any amendment merely to increase

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the batting average of an individual. I don't know who

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said it, I am sure it wasn't Thomas Jefferson or Justice

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Holmes or anybody, but over home we have a saying, even

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a blind hog can root out an acorn once in a while. I

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hope that acorn was Amendment No. 4.

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Seriously I think this amendment is defeating

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the wishes of the people. We just passed an amendment

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saying that if by any other method the convention is not

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called every twenty years now -- not twenty-five, but

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every twenty years -- it will be submitted to the wishes