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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kiefer, I
think you ought to be aware of the fact
that the Committee on Style is consistently
and uniformly interpreting the word "law"
as used in any committee recommendation
as meaning a statute enacted by the Gen-
eral Assembly and signed by the governor,
passed by the General Assembly over veto.
Delegate Kiefer.
DELEGATE KIEFER: I am very sorry.
Then I withdraw my support of the amend-
ment. I urge its defeat.
THE CHAIRMAN: Can we now vote
on the amendment?
It seems to the Chair that it has been
debated back and forth.
Delegate Murray.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: In view
of the efforts to settle this, I am sorry to
raise my voice, but in view of Delegate
Bamberger's apprehension, I shall have to
oppose it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Chabot, for
what purpose do you rise?
DELEGATE CHABOT: I do not know
quite how to state it parliamentarily, sir,
but Amendment No. 23, which we just
adopted, used the term "as the General
Assembly may prescribe by law."
Does it mean this would have exactly
the same effect if there is no reference to
the General Assembly on it?
THE CHAIRMAN: I take it that the
Committee on Style, if this amendment is
adopted, would rephrase it to read, "as the
General Assembly shall prescribe by law."
That is a policy they have been following
consistently. Are you ready for the
question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 24.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 24. A vote No is a vote against.
Will the Clerk please ring the quorum
bell.
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 24 to Committee Recom-
mendation R&P-1. A vote Aye is a vote in
favor of Amendment No. 24. A vote No
is a vote against. Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any
delegate desire to change his vote?
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(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 60 votes in the affirmative
and 64 votes in the negative, the motion
is lest. The amendment is rejected.
Will the pages please distribute Amend-
ment AT.
Will you please modify your amendment
to read as follows: in line 2, strike the
words, "amended by", and put in, "added
by", and in line 3, strike out the words,
in line 10 of the amendment.
The Clerk will read the amendment as
thus modified. This will be Amendment
No. 25.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 25
to Committee Recommendation R&P-1 by
Delegate Malkus:
On page 4, section ——— , "Right to Or-
ganize and Bargain Collectively, as added
by Amendment No. 21, add the following
new sentence: "Employees of the State of
Maryland shall not engage in any strike
against the State."
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment has
been submitted by Delegate Malkus.
Is there a second?
(The amendment was duly seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment,
having been seconded, the Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Malkus to speak to the
amendment.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
members of the Convention, this afternoon
we added a new section, subsection rather,
to section 9 on page 4 of R&P-1, which
reads as follows: "Employees shall have
the right to organize and bargain collec-
tively through representatives of their own
choosing."
Now to this amendment. I voted, inci-
dentally, for the prevailing side of this
amendment. I believe that the employees
have the right to organize, but I am offer-
ing this additional sentence: "This section
shall not authorize the employees of the
State of Maryland to engage in any strike
against the State."
Now, Mr. President, I have already
spoken on the subject matter. I think we
should be primarily interested in the people,
and I would be very much disappointed if
someone were to call a strike against a
State who is allowing the inmates to suffer,
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