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now to read the full letter, we don't have that much time.

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Let me call the next roll. The legislative leaders,

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the people who would have this opportunity. What do they

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say?

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I hold in my hands a letter from the Senator who

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is Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in which he

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says:

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"The Legislative Liaison Committee for the

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Constitutional Convention has considered both the present

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system and the proposal to amend the budget power of the

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General Assembly. The committee has gone on record as

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being overwhelmingly in favor of retaining the present

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system as proving to be fiscally sound, and in the best

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interests of the people of Maryland."

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They voted 9 to 2 to keep what we have, these

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legislative leaders who know.

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The Commission on Governmental Efficiency and

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Economy, non-party people who have no axe to grind. They

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say keep it as you have it. I have this letter. I think it

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has been addressed to all of you as well.

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Governor Tawes , sitting next to me, takes the