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answer inquiries as to every phase of the operations of the

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invention. They are to be of service and will, upon the

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request of any representative of the news media or any

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member of the public, obtain information necessary to answer

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any reasonable inquiry. It will be our purpose to have complete

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and current coordination between each committee and the infor-

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mation service through the medium of the administrative as-

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sistants so that the information service will be aware of

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what is happening in every committee at all times.

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It should be noted at this point that the State

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Department of Education has also worked out for the secon-

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dary schools of the State a course of study on the need for

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constitutional revision in Maryland, and the activities of

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this Convention will become ,an important part of the

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teaching in those schools of civics, history and of courses

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in the problems of democracy. The Constitutional Conven-

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tion Commission and your officers have cooperated with the

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State Department of Education in this project, and the

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State Superintendent of Schools a few days ago issued an

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elaborate resource guide on the Maryland Constitutional

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Convention comprising approximately 115 pages and designed