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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Taylor.
DELEGATE H. TAYLOR: I rise on a
point of personal privilege.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the privilege.
DELEGATE H. TAYLOR: For the last
few days, I have tried to get the floor, and
this is no criticism of the Chair, because I
have not been able to get out of my seat.
Some of the delegates here seem to have
springs in their hip pockets and by the
time I get my hand on the mike and raise
my hand, there are usually five people
standing. By the time the fast starters
have run out of wind, the consensus has
been reached in the back row and I find
out that this is usually irrevocable, and
therefore, I save my breath.
But yesterday, in trying to speed up my
grab for the mike, I slipped a disc in my
back, and I was wondering whether or
not there is any workmen's compensation,
or similar provision, to take care of us
Constitutional Convention casualties. But,
for the next few days, my good friend, Del-
egate Taylor, who is younger than I and
bigger than I and, therefore, easier to see,
has agreed if I am unable to sublimate
any inclination to talk on every subject
that comes before us to take the floor for
me and transfer it to me and I would be
very grateful to the Chair if they would
permit this arrangement for the next two
days.
(Laughter and applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Hereafter, in recog-
nizing Delegate Taylor, the Chair will
pause for a moment to ascertain which
Taylor.
In further answer to your earlier ques-
tion, I might say that the staff inquired of
the attorney general very early in the ses-
sion whether delegates and employees could
be covered by workmen's compensation. The
attorney general suggested in his reply that
the work of the delegates is not extra
hazardous.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Taylor.
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: I would like
to rise in support of my fellow delegate
H. E. Taylor. I had an experience when I
worked for the Department of Public Wel-
fare. I leaned back in my chair and
slipped. I did not get paid for about a
month, but finally, I got my compensation
check for falling on the floor.
I did want to say this with respect to
the statements on the floor, in my experi-
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ence as a case-worker with the City Wel-
fare Department for eight years, we
worked with various state agencies, includ-
ing the State Department of Welfare and
Mental Hospitals, and so forth, and from
my experience, when a decision was made
to change a certain rule or a function of
the Department of Public Welfare, as for
instance, when one time the Department of
Public Welfare admitted all the mental pa-
tients to the state hospital and that duty
or function was taken away, I do not know
whether it was done by executive order or
by law. Of course, we have a State Depart-
ment of Welfare Manual which is revised
now and then, and many times this manual
was revised at the direction of the general
legislature because many laws were not
just administrative; certain regulations
were not just administrative or policy mak-
ing and they had to be changed by law.
I think the Committee has done the right
thing in drawing up this proposal because
I feel that if the governor decided to take
the mental hospital away from the De-
partment of Mental Health and put it into
the Health Department, I believe this
would require some type of statutory
change and therefore, I support the Com-
mittee in this particular proposal.
THE CHAIRMAN: The question now
arises on Amendment No. 16.
Does any person desire to speak on the
amendment, either for or against?
Delegate Gallagher, are you ready? Dele-
gate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
I do not want to be left out. I do not know
why Harry and Brother Taylor were given
the opportunity to speak, but we have to
get a little loose. You were talking about
workmen's compensation. My question to
you is this, and I hope you will take it in
the spirit in which I ask it. Are we by
any means in violation of the minimum
wage law?
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair would
have to inquire of the attorney general
about that.
(Laughter.)
Are you ready for the question on
Amendment No. 16?
Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: I call for the
quorum bell, please.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are you ready for
the question?
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