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it seems to us if we yielded on that point we would really

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have nothing, because it would be a very simple matter

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to get an invitation and no one would have to register

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unless he didn't know anybody at the Convention and

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would not be favored with an invitation.

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We require reports, as set forth in Section

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5, periodically. I won't go over the details. They

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don't seem burdensome. If a man comes down once and

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is reimbursed for his expenditures and represents the

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views of others all he would have to do is report that

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once. There is another slightly troublesome problem

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that I believe Delegate Burdette, who appeared before

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our committee, raised. We are required that after the

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Convention has gone on to the final report required by

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the regulation be filed with the Secretary of State.

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We will be delighted that it be required to be filed

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with the Secretary of the Convention but I assume that

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once the Convention adjourns, he shall go home with

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the rest of us and therefore will no longer have any

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official status whatsoever. The Secretary of State,

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however, will. If you read the Enabling Act, I think