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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
Roll call.
(Whereupon, the roll was called.)
THE PRESIDENT: Has every delegate
answered roll call?
The Clerk will record the roll call.
The Chair recognizes Chairman Powers,
the Chairman of the Committee on Calen-
dar and Agenda.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. Chairman,
I move to amend today's calendar so as to
provide the first item under general orders
of the clay, the consideration of Committee
Recommendation SF-5, and as so amended
I move the adoption of the calendar.
THE PRESIDENT: Is there a second?
(Whereupon, the 'motion was duly sec-
onded.)
THE PRESIDENT: All in favor signify
by saying Aye; contrary, No. The Ayes
have it. It is so ordered. The calendar is
amended and adopted.
I have several announcements to make.
I regret very much to advise you that Dele-
gate E. T. Miller is very seriously ill. He
has returned to the hospital. I have talked
to his son and have told him to let his
father know and his mother, that our
hearts are with him in this hour of trial.
I regret also to advise you that Delegate
Richard Cleveland is still in a great deal
of pain, and suffering from the trouble
with his back. The doctors seem unable to
relieve his pain and he is able to sleep
very little and required to lie on his back
most of the time.
Also to tell you, as most of you know,
that Delegate Stuart Bushong has not been
feeling well, he has lost weight and the
doctors have ordered him into the hospital
for a thorough physical check-up. He says
he is all right, but he is losing weight and
he does not have any energy. I suggested
to him that we have been working too hard.
On a lighter note Governor Agnew has
asked me to advise you that he is sending
invitations to all the delegates and their
spouses for them to be his guests at a
buffet supper to be held in Government
House on January 9. I should say to you
that in selecting this date, the Governor
was not trying to pick a date when the
Convention would be in session but talked
to me about a date when the Convention
would be out of session and everybody
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would be relaxed and able to enjoy them-
selves, so the significance of the January
9 date is that.
Do you have a memorandum for distribu-
tion this morning, Mr. Clerk?
I should have added one thing, that the
Governor expressed as I indicated, that the
invitations will be sent to each of you
from the Government House very shortly.
You may not all receive them on the same
day. They will be mailing them out as they
finish them. Each of you please reply to
the invitation as quickly as possible so that
the planning can be completed.
Delegate Armor.
DELEGATE ARMOR: May I rise to a
point of personal privilege?
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE ARMOR: Yesterday while
we were discussing bonds of the State of
Maryland, the State of Maryland was sell-
ing $25 million worth of bonds. They were
purchased by interests in Chicago, through
banks, at the highest rate of interest since
1932.
The thing that the paper did not say, but
that you will be interested in, was that
they went out of the window.
THE PRESIDENT: The last part of
your comment was lost, I am afraid.
DELEGATE ARMOR: They were all
sold to subscribers yesterday, 100 percent
of the issues were sold yesterday, not just
to the bank.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Sherbow.
DELEGATE SHERBOW: I would like
to have the assembly note that in the gal-
lery over the podium, is the wife of our
research director, administrative director
and general factotum. She has been here
at the day and the night session, watching
and listening to what is not always the
lightest matter before this Convention.
1 would like to ask you to give a warm
note of welcome to Mrs. H. H. Walker
Lewis.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: The Memorandum
on Committee Recommendation R&P-2. The
Clerk will read the Memorandum.
READING CLERK: Memorandum on
Committee Recommendation R&P-2. The
Memorandum in support of Recommenda-
tion R&P-1 stated the Committee's Decla-
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