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has not given us any sanction power. We don't apparently

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have the contempt power, and there is no other provision

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of the statute which would in any way inflict penalties

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on anybody who ignored the regulations of this Convention

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with respect to lobbying.

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In some quarters there is an argument that

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this Convention in effect being a repository of the

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sovereign people of the convention assembled could

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actually invoke contempt power, and I believe that Mr.

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Bamberger informs me over the long history of these

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things there are a few isolated cases on the point, but

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none of them are determinative and I for one would

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not suggest that we take the position that we have any

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inherent contempt power. I don't think it would be

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worth it, It would create more problems than it

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solves, so within the limitations, those limitations,

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the fact that we have no sanction power, we have done

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our best to propose to you a regulation which would

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assist the Convention in knowing with whom it is dealing.

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In the end then the only sanctions, aside from the

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Convention's power to exclude from appearances before