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Voluntary actions do not work. The concept

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of caveat emptor is dead. The chemical and technical

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nature of the world makes it impossible for him to

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understand his purchases. The greatest number of purchasers

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say we cannot compete with the few people who are not

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honest. Those of us who are honest can compete more firmly

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if there is force behind what we are doing.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.

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Any other delegate desire to speak in favor

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of the motion to reconsider?

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D elegate Henderson.

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DELEGATE HENDERSON: I would urge this committee

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to reconsider, and delete this proposal from the

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Constitution. I am disturbed at the breadth of the

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proposition, protection and education, which are the broadest

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words that I can imagine.

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I think it will lead to endless litigation

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before its exact scope is determined by the courts, and

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if it has any legislative effect, if it is not purely

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oratory and not self-executing, I assume that it is not, I

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assume that it would require legislation to implement it,