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It seems to me that it has the benefit not
only in court interpretation, but also to allow the pub-
lic to know if it so desires, to allow the various political
subdivisions and their officers to learn, what was said
and what the responses were, and who took whl- positions
in the debates of the General Assembly.
I feel that keeoinq the transcriot provision
will assist in what we have been trvinq to do, and that
is to let the leqislature know that the eyes and ears of
the people of the state of Maryland are trained upon it,
that they are expected to and undoubtedly will react in a
more responsible manner, and that this visibility which we
have souqht throughout the entire lecrislative article will
continue to be made available.
I don't think that in the age of the Sputnik
and the aqe of the laser, in the aqe of all modern de-
vices, that have aided mankind, that a little old steno-
graphic machine is going to be the difference in life and
death between the success or failure of the general
Assembly, and T submit that these artificial obstacles
are more in the wav of light impediments than any genuine