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this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other delegate desire
to speak in favor of the amendment?
The Chair hears none.
Delegate Kosakowski, do you desire to speak in
opposition?
DELEGATE KOSAKOWSKI: Mr. Chairman and Members
of the Committee:
I was on the subcommittee on the writing of the
preamble. Serving with me were Delegate Beachley, Delegate
Dabrowski, and Delegate Groh. It took quite a bit of time.
I would like to give the Committee of the Whole some
statistics.
Fourteen counties participated in sending in
preambles. The subcommittee instituted a program with
various schools, public, private and parochial. Baltimore
City participated, one private school, one parochial school.
1317 pupils worked in preparing preambles that were
submitted to the subcommittee. 361 students used a reference
to the deity in their preamble. Other items mentioned were
blessings, constitution, equality, forefathers, freedom,