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belonged to the people. They were important enough
because of the dangers to the land.
Now, the proponents and the Committee ask that
the Convention do for the people's human resources what it
did for the natural resources. In other words, that which
belongs to the people is that which is God given, as much
as natural resources are given to us via the state.
It is late in the afternoon and before a holiday,
and I would urge you to support the consumer protection
educational proposal so that many can give thanks this
Thanksgiving as we who are here can give thanks for what
we have done.
Thank you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any questions?
Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE; Delegate Bard, does this
requirement of this provision, this proposal, require state
action? Will it require state action or is it merely --
DELEGATE BARD: I would like to read in answer
to that question the short statement in the proposed New
York Constitution. Before reading it, I would like to