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for many, many years and I am sincerely sorry that he feels

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as he does about the Constitution, but I respect him for his

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opinion. It is one which he has held for a long time. I

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disagree heartily with his conclusion as he himself knows.

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I think every delegate who leaves here this evening can

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leave here with the feeling of having accomplished for the

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State of Maryland a tremendous task and one which I am con-

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fident the people of the State of Maryland will not only

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endorse on May 14, 1968, but do so so overwhelmingly that

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there could not be the slightest question about it.

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In addition, I think that each and every delegate

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can be proud when he leaves here this evening in the

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realization that he has been playing a terrifically im-

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portant role in the whole story of constitutional revision

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in this country, because if Maryland had failed in this

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endeavor, I think that the whole course of constitutional

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revision among the states, the course which I believe and

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all of you know I believe is terrifically important, would

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be set back 50 years.

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Maryland's success on May 14, of which I am so

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confident as a result of the document which you have