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terially. However, there is no procedure by
which the Convention could adopt a debate
schedule limiting debate generally, other
than by the adoption of a new rule or the
suspension of rules.
Accordingly, in order to place before the
Convention at any time when debate ap-
pears to be unduly prolonged, the Chair-
man of the Committee on Calendar and
Agenda fwould, at such time, move for a
limitation of debate on the specific question
then before the Convention.
The Chair would hope that each delegate
proposing an amendment would limit him-
self voluntarily to six minutes to present
the amendment and to answer any ques-
tions and that the Chairman of the Com-
mittee who would be given the floor im-
mediately thereafter to answer with re-
spect to the amendment would likewise
voluntarily limit himself to six minutes
for answering questions.
The Chair would hope that all delegates
would thereafter limit themselves volun-
tarily to three minutes for each speech be-
cause that has worked well in the Com-
mittee of the Whole.
There is no compulsion on this and only
if the debate seems to be unduly prolonged
will there be any motion to limit debate.
The question will then be up to the Con-
vention.
In order that everyone may have ade-
quate opportunity to consider any amend-
ments and prepare any amendments, no
committee recommendation or report of the
Committee on Style will be placed on the
calendar for consideration on second read-
ing before the day after the printed report
of the Committee on Style and the second
reader is on your desk.
This should give everyone ample oppor-
tunity to prepare amendments. The whole
purpose of this procedure is, of course, to
facilitate consideration of amendments in
an orderly manner.
I am sure that the Convention has in
mind that the second reader is not the
time to reargue all the questions which
have been debated before the Committee
of the Whole and the Chair would there-
fore anticipate that the number of amend-
ments would be very few, that they would
be carefully thought out and worked out
in advance, and that there would be no
necessity or need for amendments or modi-
fications to be made from the floor, so that
each of you will be fully advised and have
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in mind the rules which the Chair has just
announced. I will put them in the form of
a written memorandum and give them to
each of you so that you have it before you.
Keep in mind that this is a rule which
the Chair expects to follow. The decision
on any of these matters is, of course, for
the majority of the Convention.
For what purpose does Delegate Malkus
rise?
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
to make an observation and then ask you
a question.
We are now getting into the most im-
portant part of the Convention. What we
have done in lay language now comes back
to us in the legal language that we have
to live with. That is the most important
part of the Convention.
Now I am not exactly clear, and this is
my question. How much time are you going
to give us to read these committee reports
from Style and Drafting before the sub-
ject matter is taken up and before we have
an opportunity to prepare our amendments,
which I presume will also be in legal form?
How much time are we going to have?
We have got to have enough time to read
these amendments, to study these reports
from the Committee on Style and Drafting
to see that the legal language says what
we talked about in lay language.
How much time are you going to give
us to study reports and prepare our amend-
ments?
THE PRESIDENT: As indicated, the
Chair will not have for Calendar and
Agenda, for action, on any day, a second
reader that has not been printed and on
your desk at least by the previous day.
That does not mean necessarily that
every long report of the Committee on
Style will be on the Calendar on the day
after you see it. Some of the simpler re-
ports will be.
Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: I sat down and
I am happy that you again recognized me.
Will the reports be on our desk when
we convene at 10:00 each morning? If we
are going to take them up the next day —
THE PRESIDENT: I hope that they
would be on your desk by 10:00. The re-
ports that will be on the calendar for
tomorrow obviously are not on your desk
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