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of them we are going to create an iceberg that is going

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to sink on May 14th.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Key.

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DELEGATE KEY: Mr. President, and ladies and

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gentlemen:

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I suppose in everything there must be a favorite

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play toy, and I believe consumer protection has become

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the play toy of the convention.

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Listen to this. Now, we have already in our

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constitution recognized that our society has changed from

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an agrarian age to an industrial age to the present

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technological age, because we have recognized that these

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forces in society have caused havoc in many areas.

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We have recognized it first by constitionally

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giving relief to the farmer, because of his economic dis-

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advantage. Secondly, we have constitutionally recognized it

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with a vote of 127 in favor and 21 against, that our changing

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society will continue to have harmful effects on national

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resources, trees, rocks, rivers and streams. We have also

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recognized that the same society is causing a disadvantage

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to the working man. We have constitutionally recognized