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effective when this Convention approved it.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Gleason.

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DELEGATE GLEASON: Mr. President, first of

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all I would like to complain that I think there may be

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some members of the Convention who are under the impres-

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sion, that either Mrs. Gill or myself are going to start

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having to work our influence on this Convention because

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our microphone is missing. Secondly, if I might ask

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the chairman of the Rules Committee, let's take a

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hypothetical case of a regular employee of a corporation

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who is hired for public relations in the ordinary

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course of his duties, and the Convention now being

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in session, the executive vice president of that

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corporation tells that particular employee, get up to

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Annapolis and start working your influence on a

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particular aspect or a particular piece of legislation,

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or proposal before the Convention.

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Would such a person be included in those

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engaged for a salary to promote a matter pending before

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the Convention?

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DELEGATE SCANLAN: Yes, he would be, and the