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We are very fortunate today in having with us

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the Honorable Alfred H. Driscoll, former Governor of the

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State of New Jersey, who served two terms from 1947 to l954

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Governor Uriscoll very kindly consented to come down to the

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Convention today where he appeared before the Committee on

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The Executive Branch and testified at length, at such

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length because of the questions asked him, that he had to

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cut short his lunch hour in order to be here for the 2

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o'clock session of the Convention,

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We are particularly pleased to hear from

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Governor Uriscoll because he was Governor of New Jersey

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prior to and during the Constitutional Convention of New

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Jersey held in 1947, following which New Jersey's new

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Constitution was overwhelmingly adopted by the voters of

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that state in November, 1947. I present to you Governor

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Alfred H. Uriscoll of New Jersey, (Standing ovation.)

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GOVERNOR URISCOLL: Mr, President, ladies and

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gentlemen of the Convention, you are engaged on a historic

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assignment. You are engaged in the task of Constitution-

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making at a time when the world is beset with doubts, Mis-

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understandings, preoccupied with the clash of apparently