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Any motions or resolutions?
(There was no response.)
We completed consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole yesterday of Commit-
tee Report EB-1. The Chair is uncertain
whether the committee report was finally
approved since part of it had been approved
at an earlier date and part yesterday.
Rather than take that up now, the Jour-
nal Clerk is checking the journal and will
advise me later whether we have acted on
it.
If we have not, I will submit it to you
for adoption and approval before the noon
recess. While we are considering that re-
port, however, I would like to state what
the Chair thinks should be done with re-
spect to Recommendation No. 4, which is
the recommendation as to the attorney gen-
eral.
As amended that recommendation is that
the office of the attorney general be pro-
vided for in the Constitution. The Chair
believes that under the rules this puts the
matter back in the hands of the Committee
on the Executive Branch to prepare a com-
mittee recommendation carrying into effect
the recommendation of that report and I
have so advised the chairman of the com-
mittee and requested him to have the com-
mittee prepare such a recommendation at
the earliest possible time.
I think that procedure would be prefer-
able to trying to draft language by amend-
ment to Committee Recommendation EB-1
to provide for an attorney general. It would
give us an opportunity to have the commit-
tee recommendation and the memorandum
in support of the recommendation and
thereby hopefully to make unnecessary pro-
tracted debate on the floor.
I know that there were several amend-
ments concerning the attorney general
being considered by various delegates yes-
terday, and I make this announcement so
that you will understand that it will not
be necessary to present those amendments
while we are considering Committee Recom-
mendation EB-1.
In other words, you will have ample op-
portunity to present those.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
I move that the Convention resolve itself
into a Committee of the Whole for the pur-
pose of considering the general orders of
the day.
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(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: All in favor signify
by saying Aye; contrary, No. The Ayes
have it. It is so ordered.
(Whereupon, at 10:17 A.M. the Conven-
tion resolved itself into the Committee of
the Whole.)
(The mace was removed by the Sergeant-
at-Arms.)
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
DECEMBER 1, 1967—10:17 A.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE CHAIRMAN: The Committee of
the Whole will please come to order.
At the time of the recess of the Commit-
tee yesterday we had under consideration
Amendment No. 20. We had finished the
period of protracted questioning. I think
we are probably ready to act on the amend-
ment.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Morgan,
the Chairman of the Committee.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. Chairman,
the amendment is being typed at the pres-
ent time and reproduced. I suggest to the
Chairman of the Committee that we go to
Amendment V which is a committee amend-
ment to conform section 4.20 with respect
to the action on the comptroller general.
THE CHAIRMAN: This would be an
amendment to Amendment No. 20 or a
substitute for Amendment No. 20?
DELEGATE MORGAN: Substitute for
Amendment No. 20.
THE CHAIRMAN: Then we will pass
consideration of Amendment No. 20. We
will consider it as temporarily withdrawn.
What is the other amendment?
DELEGATE MORGAN: It is amend-
ment designated V.
THE CHAIRMAN: B?
DELEGATE MORGAN: "V", as in vehe-
ment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan
has just demonstrated he is not a navy
man. "V" as in victory.
(Laughter.)
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