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drawn with respect to public and private discrimination.
I believe that with the growth of needs in our
present economy, the state, because the state has to, it
is going to be increasingly touching many areas of local
and state government, and our local and state community
life, but I think that wherever the state support, where-
over the state court action, wherever the administrative
action of the state is used, it cannot be used to deny
to any citizen the equal protection of whatever laws
there are on the basis of race, religion, or national
origin.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: For example, I was thinking
in the field of open housing.
Is this amendment of yours intended to limit
the legislature so it couldn't operate in that field?
It seems to me kind of in the private sector.
THE CHAIRMAN; Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: I don't think it limits. I
think it says to the General Assembly that the state,
i however the state is interpreted, in whatever year the