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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Ritter, do you have

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a further question?

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DELEGATE RITTER: You will admit that there

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would be quite an economic impact, though, if the merger

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of the B&0-C&0 would take place or would not take place

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if they would decide to do away with this exemption that

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they would probably ship a lot of the commodities to ports

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south of here, which is Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia,

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rather than through the Port of Baltimore?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: The question of the

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desirability of the merger between the B&0 and C&0 has

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already been decided. Now they are merely in the

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implementation stage, and I don't feel that the question

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of the loss of the exemption should be considered in any

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other aspect than the state viewing corporate entities which!

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it has created, and that is the area in which we restricted

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ourselves.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kathleen Robie, did

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you have a question?

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DELEGATE KATHLEEN ROBIE: Mr. Chairman, I

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would like for the convention to join with me in