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We also have a serious thing not to pro-
tect labor or management. And we have
a primary duty to protect the people. I
want it written that we cannot strike
against somebody who is lying in the hos-
pital and dying, or any other state agency.
Now, I do not know where we are. I
would like to have the matter further dis-
cussed. I would rather have it clarified,
and I am having the amendment prepared
that we cannot strike against the State.
THE CHAIRMAN: Your time has ex-
pired, Delegate Malkus.
Does any other delegate desire to speak
in opposition to the amendment?
(Call for the question.)
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on a consideration of
Amendment No. 23.
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises on a consideration of
Amendment No. 23. to Committee Recom-
mendation R&P-1.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 23. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 70 votes in the affirmative
and 55 in the negative, the motion carries.
The amendment is adopted.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate James.
DELEGATE JAMES: I rise to a point
of personal privilege.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the privilege.
DELEGATE JAMES: I would like to
recognize in the gallery, Mr. William
Whiteford, Director of Administration in
Harford County. We are happy to have
him with us.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Adkins.
DELEGATE ADKINS: May I, sir, on a
point of personal privilege, ask the dele-
gates to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Irving of Salisbury; he is the distinguished
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publisher of the Daily News. It is the
Eastern Shore's largest, and to many of us,
at least, finest newspaper.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Macdonald,
do you wish to offer Amendment AN?
DELEGATE MACDONALD: Mr. Chair-
man, I am a little bit disturbed by the
amount of time we are spending on this
amendment and I desire to withdraw the
amendment.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Hostetter,
do you wish to offer your amendment?
DELEGATE HOSTETTER: I then, too,
desire to withdraw mine.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN : Are there any other
amendments to the section added by
Amendment No. 21 other than the one
mentioned by Delegate Malkus?
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr.
President, I rise to a point of personal
privilege. It is a very happy day of my
life to find that when Delegates Roger and
Kosakowski and I agree on one issue that
we have the approbation of the Evening
Sun, because in a little editorial on Decem-
ber 13 in commenting on our stand to pro-
hibit any of the state lotteries they said:
"Presumably the busy convention delegates
could now reopen the lottery section and
plug the hole to which the commission
headed by Clarence W. Miles has called at-
tention. But a far easier and safer course
is readily available: Drop lotteries as a
constitutional issue altogether and leave the
relatively inconsequential subject to Mary-
land legislators, whose actions would be
subject to public referendum if they hap-
pened to go haywire. The Miles Commission
suggests this easier course not because it
is soft on lotteries (it opposes them), but
because it has confidence in legislative
wisdom. That should be good enough for
the Constitutional Convention as well."
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any other
amendments to the section just added by
Amendment No. 21?
(There wa/s no response.)
If not, we will pass on and come back to
the amendment being prepared by Delegate
Malkus.
If you will advise the Chair when ready
we will come back to it. The Chair is ad-
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