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voted not too long ago to mandate the General Assembly
to look out for and take care of. We are talking about
exploitation. We are in a different time than we were
in 1941. Madison Avenue, high-pressure tactics are things
that we all live with. I am not talking about the poor
people. I would classify anybody with an income of
$15,000 or less as available to the sharp business prac-
tices, and if any of you who sit here today think that
this has no relevance to you, if you have not had the
experience, I suggest you stop and give it a second
thought. We are talking about human beings in the state
of Maryland. We are not talking about whether the Federal
Government itself ought to take the regulatory action. We
are talking about the State of Maryland.
We had some speeches earlier in the Convention.
We have had speeches subsequently saying that if we write
this constitution, we want to strengthen state government
in Maryland. We do not want to lean back on the Federal
Government. For that reason I say we cannot wait for
the Federal Government to take charge in regulating
business practices. I think you have to keep in nind we