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no question but that the legislature has power to grant
this right or any other right.
Of course, you have the other side of the coin
and that is whether the General Assembly should have
the authority to take it away and if it were in the
Constitution, the General Assembly would losethat right
and I would argue that this is so important that the
discretion of allowing the General Assembly to restrict
the right to organize and bargain collectively should be
taken out by this Constititution.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Child.
DELEGATE CHILD: Now, you were a member of the
Constitutional Convention Commission, were you not?
DELEGATE BOTHE: I was. '
DELEGATE CHILD: This provision which you now
ask to be included in the Bill of Rights was not included
in the draft, is that correct?
DELEGATE BOTHE: It was neither rejected nor
included in the draft. I did not serve on the committee
which dealt with the subject and I do not believe the Commis-
sion gave it very much consideration, one way or the other.