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PLENARY SESSION
DECEMBER 7, 1967—2:30 P.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE PRESIDENT: The Convention will
please come to order.
Roll call.
(Whereupon, a roll call was taken.)
Has every delegate answered roll call?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the roll call.
There being a quorum present, the Con-
vention is in session.
The Chair recognizes Delegate Powers.
DELEGATE POWERS: Mr. President,
I move the adoption of Debate Schedules
No. 10 and 11, which control debate on
the Committee Recommendations R&P-1
and R&P-2 respectively.
(The motion was duly seconded.)
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any dis-
cussion?
Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Parliamen-
tary inquiry. In case of debate on those
articles or sections 1 and 2, for example,
where there is no minority report, how
much time will be allowed for discussion of
those items?
THE PRESIDENT: Which debate sched-
ule are you speaking of?
DELEGATE BENNETT: No. 10.
THE PRESIDENT: State your ques-
tion again, Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Under this
debate schedule, how much time will be
allowed to discuss provisos like section 1
and section 2 where there is no minority
report?
THE PRESIDENT: There is no neces-
sity to discuss them unless there is an
amendment offered. If an amendment is
offered, the sponsor of the amendment has
ten minutes to present the amendment and
to answer any questions pertaining to it
and then any delegate without limitation
can speak up to three minutes per speech,
as to amendments.
As we go through the article, the first
procedure is to ask for amendments. Where
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there is no minority report, whichever
amendment is offered first is debated first.
Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Then do I
understand, Mr. Chairman, that it is neces-
sary to introduce an amendment to get
some discussion of these articles?
THE PRESIDENT: No. When the en-
tire committee recommendation is the ques-
tion for consideration, it, of course, may be
discussed. The first matter to be con-
sidered is amendments. After amendments
have been acted upon, the entire recom-
mendation is open for discussion. Delegate
Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: I understand
that to mean not the entire report but each
subdivision, each section.
THE PRESIDENT: The entire recom-
mendation is open for discussion and any
person could discuss any portion of it at
that time. I am not sure I follow your
question. Tell me what you want to do and
I can perhaps answer you. Delegate Ben-
nett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: I would like
to know specifically how much time would
be allotted to the discussion of section 1,
freedom of expression.
TPIE PRESIDENT: If there is no
amendment?
DELEGATE BENNETT: If there is no
amendment.
THE PRESIDENT: What would the
purpose of the discussion be, to oppose the
conclusion? Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: No, the pur-
pose of the discussion would be to explain
it, to elaborate perhaps upon the report.
THE PRESIDENT: The explanation of
the report is the obligation of the commit-
tee chairman. That comes at his presenta-
tion time. There is no time limit on his
presentation. Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: It is difficult
for me to know then other than through
questioning the chairman whether there is
opportunity for discussion of these matters.
THE PRESIDENT: I am still trying to
find out what you want to discuss. Do you
want to speak in favor of the adoption of
Section 1? Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Yes. I do.
THE PRESIDENT: If you want to
speak in favor of the adoption of section 1,
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