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Convention is designed only for one purpose, and that is

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to serve you who are the elected delegates, trying to

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perform a task, and if we can't meet your demands, then

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we are not serving the purpose of my staff.

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Already we know and are mindful of some short-

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ages. We are trying to overcome these. The principal

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one of these is perhaps the lack of space within which

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to put things. This is indeed serious because already

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you have quite an accumulation, and you will get more.

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I hope by the end of this week we will have

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delivered a number of four- or five-drawer file cabinets

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so that in your committee room each of you can at least

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have for your own use a drawer of a file cabinet in ad-

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dition to your desk. If you find this is not sufficient,

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or if you have any other suggestions, I would greatly

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appreciate it if you would pass them on or let your com-

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mittee chairman know so that he can pass them on.

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There is some confusion also about other pro-

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cedural matters -- mail room and pages, telephones, et

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cetera. We had hoped the telephone system would be com-

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pletely aet up and in full operation by Friday of last