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The Chair recognizes Delegate Scanlan,
Chairman of the Committee on Rules, Cre-
dentials, and Convention Budget. Delegate
Scanlan.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Mr. President,
with the permission of the Chair I would
prefer to make the report from my seat,
and not to consume valuable time from
this Convention; as the minister who gave
the invocation reminded us, the days grow
short and time moves on.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Resolution No.
21 is almost self-explanatory. There are
great demands upon the administrative
offices of this Convention to provide docu-
ments of this Convention and to reproduce
and Xerox other documents, not only for
the personal use of delegates, but also for
persons not connected with the Convention.
The rules are silent on the question of
the ability of the Convention to charge for
service for reproducing documents really
not directly related to the work of the Con-
vention. To clarify any ambiguity or any
doubt about the lack of authority on the
part of the Convention through its officers
to charge where that is appropriate, Reso-
lution No. 21 requests that this authority
be given. I will not repeat the two resolve
clauses. They are set forth on page 2 of
the resolution. The Committee on Rules,
Credentials and Convention Budget met and
considered the resolution, and those pres-
ent unanimously reported it favorably and
recommended that Resolution No. 21 be
adopted by the Convention.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any ques-
tions of the Committee Chairman?
Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
My Chairman knows I was not present.
Does this mean that any member of the
Convention would have to pay for the
duplication of bills if he ordered them?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: No, Delegate
Malkus. If the duplication of the bills or
proposals were directly related to the busi-
ness of the Convention and the duplication
was authorized by the Chairman of the
Committee, or if not authorized by him and
Still related to the work of the Convention,
certainly there would be no charge for that.
But some delegates have requested material
not related to the work of the Convention,
material to be sent to constituents and
other interested people.
Some delegates have asked, for instance,
for the reproduction of newspaper articles
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for circulation throughout the entire Con-
vention. There has to be some limit to this
sort of thing if the Convention is to pro-
ceed.
Secondly, where there is to be a charge,
any income realized pursuant to the resolu-
tion would go to the account of the Con-
vention, and to that extent help the budget,
a subject on which you have demonstrated
a keen interest in the past.
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair would
like to amplify that explanation with one
further comment. It has been the policy of
the administrative staff to make copies of
proposals available to the public and to
anyone who requests them in any number
requested. That policy will continue. The
reason for that is that it is the feeling of
the officers of the Convention that the pro-
posals submitted to the Convention should
be freely available to everyone.
Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: I am sorry
I am in as poor voice as I am, but I be-
lieve you have answered my question, but
I want to be sure I know what I am voting
on. As far as proposals are concerned and
the committee recommendations, there
would be no reasonable limit to any dele-
gate who wants to send these proposals to
his constituents?
THE PRESIDENT: The same applies to
committee reports, minority reports, and
committee memoranda.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any fur-
ther questions of the Committee Chairman?
The question arises on the adoption of
Resolution No. 21. Is there any discussion?
Are you ready for the question?
All in favor of the adoption of Resolu-
tion No. 21, signify by saying Aye; con-
trary, No.
The Ayes have it. It is so ordered.
Are there any other motions or resolu-
tions? If not, the Chair recognizes Dele-
gate Powers.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
I move that the Convention resolve itself
into a Committee of the Whole to resume
consideration of the orders of the day.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second to
the motion?
(Whereupon, the motion was seconded.)
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