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had grown up about us.

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We succeeded in every instance in weathering

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the gale with results, compromises if you will, but results

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that if they ware not completely satisfactory to all delegates

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were certainly not unsatisfactory.

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It was very unfortunate that as we neared the end

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of our labors there developed a severe division over this

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one issue and as I am sure all of you know, the most

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intense efforts were made in the past few weeks to arrive

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in this instance also at a solution which if not completely

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satisfactory to everyone was at least not unsatisfactory.

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This has not been achieved. However, I am struck

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by two things which have been driven upon me with increasing

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force in the past fifteen days. One is the complete and

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utter sincerity of delegates to each side of this question

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in the justness, the Tightness, and the correctness of their

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own position.

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And the other was the complete sincerity and

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dedication of both sides in this dispute to do nothing that

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would jeopardize the work of this Convention and their

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feeling that in persisting in their efforts it was necessary