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amendment is one of those principles founded on moral
law, and in the common sense of mankind, and for that
reason we should reject the Scanlan amendment and thus
make it clear that we are indeed of this time and place,
and that we too would do what we can to fulfill the
promise of the Declaration of Independence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other Delegate desire to
speak in favor of the amendment?
Delegate Gleason.
DELEGATE GLEASON: Mr. Chairman, I would suggest
to the Delegates assembled that the remarks we have heard
from the sponsors of this Committee Amendment are the
wool and the warp that political speeches are made of and
any remarks that have any effectiveness in the ability to
carry out the effect of the policy embodied in this
amendment must be done on the legislative floor of the
General Assembly or in the Congress of the United States.
I think the Delegates will recall during World War II
when out on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean Franklin
Roosevelt made his great speech in enunciating four
freedoms. He said people should have freedom of speech and