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nevertheless if it was discriminatory on racial grounds,
the complainant could not. come into the court and ask the
court to use its strength and itself, or the whole panoply
of the court action to enforce a private agreement that
discriminated against citizens which the 14th Amendment
and the 13th Amendment and -the 15th Amendment of the
Federal Constitution were enacted to eliminate.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hostetter.
DELEGATE HOSTETTER: According to your amendment,
Delegate Mitchell, would there be any way that the peo-
ple of the state of Maryland could be sure that the private
sector would be protected?
In other words, that this entire area be kept
within the public sector? We have had this discussion
before in committee. Is there any real protection there
or guarantee in your proposal here, your amendment, that
the private sector would be protected?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I would like to quote for
you the language of the Supreme Court in this area of
private discrimination, and how far state action goes.