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I am very pleased to advise you that we have not

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found even one error of substance. I say that with a

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little trepidation, because it is almost certain that there

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will be some errors discovered later on. It is almost

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impossible to draft a document as complicated as a Constitu-

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tion without having some inaccuracies or inconsistencies.

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However, about 35 members of the staff worked yesterday

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from about 8 o'clock in the morning until 1:00 a.m. this

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morning checking the draft from the time the Committee

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of the Whole reports began against the journal, against the

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President's personal copies used at the desk, against the

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copies maintained by the administrative assistant, by the

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President, against the parliamentarian's copy, and against

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the edited copy of the journal.

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In doing this and also in an exhaustive proof

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reading we have picked up a number of relatively minor

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errors, none of which would be serious, and none of which

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would be absolutely imperative for action by this Assembly.

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In a few instances, a clarification of language

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is desirable to express more clearly the intent of the

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Committee. This has come about because in a few