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passed there was a storm of ferment within this state,
and there was a storm of ferment when the Public Accomoda-
tions Law of the state of Maryland was passed.
Now, if we get into this area, and we take
state action which those appearing before the committee
admitted, that governmental action and state action
could mean hitting at the private action of people who
got their licenses and were authorized to do business by
the state.
We know that in the area of the Federal Civil
Rights Bill, that between private action and public action,
there is a gray area, sometimes narrow and sometimes broad,
but if we pass this amendment and then get into this
area of state action, then I am afraid that many of the
people of our state will be violently opposed to it, because
we will be leaning forward and beyond the Federal Law, the
state law, and beyond any concept and into an uncharted
sea, where our people will not know what we have n'.eant.
They will have so many grave doubts about it
that we will cause to rise up a storm of opposition
against it.