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am wondering if in a constitution we should
not really leave it to the people of the
towns to decide. Would you object to this?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
Delegate White.
DELEGATE WHITE: My answer is
yes, with no qualifications on my yes.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: You would object?
DELEGATE WHITE: I would object.
DELEGATE STORM: Then what would
you do in a case like one town I have heard
of, I think it is here in Anne Arundel
County, where there are no residents, they
are all non-resident property owners, a very
exclusive community, I understand, the only
person left there during the week in the
summer is the caretaker. It seems to me
every town should have a mayor it can call
its own. It seems to me that in that par-
ticular case the property owners ought to
have some say over the fellow they choose
as caretaker and he would be the only one
eligible to vote under your proposal.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding-) :
Delegate White.
DELEGATE WHITE: That would not
worry me at all. I would have confidence
in his ability to protect his municipality
if he had such a title. I am not attempting
to be facetious, but if he is the only person
who resides there, he has the responsibility
for running his community regardless of
how small it may be.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: Do you not think-
that this raises some real problems if we in
the Constitutional Convention try to deny
to a town the right to run itself and solve
its own municipal problems.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding):
Delegate White.
DELEGATE WHITE: No, I feel we
should assist these small communities; we
should help the people; we should give them
the intelligence needed and such other ma-
terial assistance and guidance so that they
will be safe. Again I point out that the
small community is a part of a great state.
We have made the governor strong, the
judges strong, the legislature strong, and
we can give them the kind of protection
in service, protection by policemen, state
troopers and whatever else is needed. He
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would be safe up there by himself until we
got back.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: If I may say,
Delegate White, I recognize a lot of the
good and reason behind your argument but
if you do not mind, I am going to leave
it up to the towns to decide because that
one peculiar town kind of worries me. No-
body resides there. They are all non-
residents.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
The Chair recognizes Delegate Armor.
DELEGATE ARMOR: Delegate White,
I have a question but to prepare for this
question, I must state there have been some
innuendoes about corporations. Corpora-
tions do employ people. They pay fail-
wages. They pay their share of taxes. Is it
your opinion that everybody should work
for the government?
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
Delegate White.
DELEGATE WHITE: I did not quite
get your question. You are asking me if
everyone should work for the government?
DELEGATE ARMOR: Right.
DELEGATE WHITE: I believe that a
person who goes into the work force should
offer his skills to the best bidder. I would
suggest that your corporation only pays the
people who work for it in relationship to
the strength of the union which may oper-
ate within the organization and which en-
ables them to overcome the resistance of
the corporation such as yours to share its
profits with the legitimate rights of the
people who work.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding-) :
The Chair recognizes Delegate Murray,
Dorothy Murray.
DELEGATE D. MURRAY: I had sev-
eral questions but I will just ask one now.
Delegate White, you were very vocal in
relating to Delegate Borum some of the
arguments against. Would you be so kind
as to give some of the arguments for as
related to us by Mr. Marcus Williams of
Ocean City.
DELEGATE J. CLARK (presiding) :
The Chair might like to say here this will
probably come out in the controlled time
and perhaps —
DELEGATE D. MURRAY: May I re-
phrase it, please. I did wait a while to ask
this question.
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