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suggested by you. It would have been in order. Is there
a further question. Delegate Johnson?
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Yes, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Presi-
dent, so do I take it that if we pass this particular
motion, I believe the motion by Delegate Gallagher, that
the motion that I propose would be in order subsequent, or
for that matter it is in order now if it is withdrawn?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think it is in order
now in view of the pending motion. It certainly would be
if the pending motion were not adopted.
Let the Chair make this perfectly clear: The
control of the Debate Schedule, and the order in which
matters are considered by the Convention or by the Com-
mittee of the Whole, is in the control of this Convention.
It is not in the control of the Chair nor of the Chairman
of the Committee on Calendar and Agenda.
In order to facilitate the work of the Conven-
tion, the Chairman of the Committee on Calendar and
Agenda, and the Chair, the President of the Convention,
do work out a schedule in advance to carry on the debates
in accordance with what seems to them to be the best pro-