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therefore, been necessary to reduce these views on each side
to the minimum on which we could basically all agree. That
proposal. Ladies and Gentlemen, is before you. Whether you
like it or whether you dislike it, I ask you to realize that
this is a sincere effort on the part of men of different,
strong views, to arrive at a position, at a posture for this
Convention which makes it possible for us to go forward.
This is an important question, but it is by no means the most
important question with which we have dealt or will deal.
The critical point for all of us is to get our
job completed, submit to the people of this State a document
which we can all enthusiastically support. Despite my prior
views, I have agreed to sponsor this Amendment. I sincerely
urge that when the vote on it comes, that vote be resounding,
because only then will all of our compromises have been made
worthwhile.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Jett?
DELEGATE JETT: Mr. President, Fellow Delegates,
I am most reluctant to rise on this occasion, but I cannot
remain seated in the face of what appears to me not a compro-
mise but a complete capitulation.