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district. At least, that is the basis for
the ruling of the Chair.
Delegate Hardwicke.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: May I ad-
dress a question to Delegate Malkus?
THE CHAIRMAN: Certainly. Delegate
Malkus, do you yield to a question?
DELEGATE MALKUS: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN : Delegate Hardwicke.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Delegate
Malkus, do you intend this prohibition to
be with regard only to the employees of the
State of Maryland, or do you intend it also
to reach to employees of political sub-
divisions, such as the counties and the City
of Baltimore?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
when I wrote the amendment, I intended it
to apply only to the employees of the State
of Maryland. I know, Mr. President, when
you are trying to get something, you find
reasons why it should not have been ex-
panded in other directions, but my inten-
tion was to stick to the State of Maryland
at the present time.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any fur-
ther questions?
Delegate Hardwicke.
DELEGATE HARDWICKE: No.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Weidc-
meyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. Pres-
ident, I would like to ask Delegate Malkus
a question.
I think I understand he wants it to apply
to employees of the State of Maryland. I
do not know how far the State of Mary-
land goes inasmuch as there are some
county and city hospitals which may be
owned by those various subdivisions, or
the various subdivisions may contribute
heavily to the maintenance of them. To me
it is just as important that the hospitals
of Baltimore City, or the hospitals of any
county be protected just as much as the
various state hospitals and I am wonder-
ing if the words, "State of Maryland," are
broad enough to include all of the sub-
divisions and the municipalities of the
State.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
I intended this to be for the employees of
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the State of Maryland, as I have said orig-
inally, and naturally, we have courts that
can decide as to who the employees of the
State of Maryland are. I wrote this amend-
ment, as many amendments have to be
written, in haste. I wrote it to cover the
employees of the State of Maryland. Now,
if you want to go ahead and kill this
amendment and find little reasons to vote
against it, that, of course, naturally is your
privilege, but I am absolutely opposed to
employees of the State of Maryland strik-
ing against the State and that is the pur-
pose of my amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any fur-
ther discussions?
Delegate Key.
DELEGATE KEY: I have a question
of Delegate Malkus, please.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus,
do you yield to a question?
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
I never knew I had so much time. You are
being mighty lenient with me now, but I
will naturally yield to the lady.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Key.
DELEGATE KEY: Delegate Malkus, I,
too, am concerned and very much interested
in the people of the State of Maryland.
Unfortunately, I guess, I am interested in
all of the people, especially hospital work-
ers, since I have a vested interest there.
Now, what I would like to know is this:
I know you would be very disappointed if
— you used the example of Rosewood
State Training School — one of the at-
tendants there or all of the attendants
there left those poor mentally retarded
children because they were under-paid, un-
able to have a decent standard of living.
I wonder if you prevent these people from
striking if you would in some way be will-
ing to make the State have an obligation
to these people who are giving of them-
selves unselfishly, so that they when they
return from the sick and mentally dis-
turbed and mentally retarded children and
go home to their own children, that they
have something to give to their own chil-
dren, since they are not going to be able to
strike to get it.
Do you feel the State is obligated in
some other way to provide what they need?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
the lady did give me a rather long question.
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