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shall have economic security and the opportunity for
employment, in order that they may live in decency, dignity
and health. The General Assembly shall continue to
implement this policy."
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is offered by
Delegate Kiefer. Is there a second?
DELEGATE BENNETT: Second.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bennett seconds the
amendment.
Delegate Kiefer, do you desire to speak to the
amendment?
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. Chairman, just briefly
to say this: First, the Committee considered this matter
at some length and we decided that this would be
included as a provision in Recommendation No. 2 which is
not a section that will be necessarily in the Bill of
Rights, in other words, we thought of this as part of
the general concept of policies of government and would
be in the general provisions.
Now, this is not a new concept. I call your
attention to Article 43 of the Declaration of Rights as