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ments. If it is pertinent to the business and is in the

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nature of an announcement, I would say so.

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DELEGATE MITCHELL: I simply, Mr. Chairman,

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I would like to be corrected, but I would like to state

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for the purpose of the record of this historic Convention

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that I must disagree with the description of the Federal

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Government, which our distinguished Chairman and President

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of the Convention gave in his opening address yesterday

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afternoon. It is my hope that this Convention will not

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a sounding board for anti-paternalism. I believe that

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we are one nation. I believe that the demands of the

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times are so great that teamwork among the officials

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of the Federal and State Governments is essential to our

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survival; and I hope I am wrong, but it seemed to me that

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our President was declaring war on the Federal Government,

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which in reality would be declaring war on ourselves.

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I believe that we must face the fact that

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there are some problems of this State, and the rest of the

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States of this Union, such as the protection of human

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rights, the building of highways, the conservation of our

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natural resources, which are so intertwined that no one