and usage has resulted in exclusion from many of the
ordinary facilities and benefits that are available to
the majority of citizens.
The language of the majority does not face up
to the fact that in spite of the 14th Amendment Language
which is already the law in Maryland by virtue of our
Federal system, the Federal Constitution is the Supreme
Law of the land.
Yet it is still lawful in Maryland to acquire and
assemble land and build housing and open it up for sale
to the general public and then to say that no colored
citizen, no matter how trained he may be, no matter what
his military record or his moral character is, may buy or
rent a home.
It is still possible under the language pro-
posed by the majority for services to be offered to the
general public in many public facilities of the state
which are open to all members of the general public except
those whose skins are of a darker hue,, so that the
national trend -- and while the national trend indicates
that these restrictions will ultimately fall under court