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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, sir.
Delegate Hopkins.
DELEGATE HOPKINS: Personal priv-
ilege.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE HOPKINS: I know that the
delegates will want to welcome the wife
and children of Delegate Hostetter who are
in the balcony behind the rostrum, his
wife Edie, and his children Elsa, Lisa,
Leslie, Carla, Edie White and Eddie, the
twins, and their little friend Cathy Pickens.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: I would like the
Convention to welcome my treasurer, who
is in the balcony not having absconded with
the $2.50 still remaining in my account, my
daughter Anne Humbert and her two
children.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: I think it might be
worthwhile at this break to indicate what
the plan is for today and tomorrow,
if necessary.
I think, as you can readily see from con-
sideration of the agenda, that it simply is
not at all possible to finish everything on
the agenda this afternoon. It is therefore
imperative that there be a session tonight.
How late the session will extend I think de-
pends on what progress we make. I hope
that we would not have to have a session
tomorrow. I am not at all sure that we
can finish even by sitting very late tonight.
If we cannot, we will sit as late as it is
reasonably profitable to do so, and then
have a session tomorrow.
There have been committee meetings
arranged for tomorrow, particularly a
meeting with the legislative liaison group
in connection with the schedule of transi-
tional provisions and schedule of legisla-
tion, that cannot be postponed, so that if
we have a session tomorrow it would
probably start at twelve o'clock.
Because of the fact that if we have a
schedule tomorrow we certainly would
not want to continue it any later than
necessary, I would hope that we could con-
tinue tonight to a rather late hour in order
to get as much behind us as we possibly
can, and if there is a prospect of completing
the entire agenda, 1 would propose to sit
quite late tonight in order to do so.
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Now, we can only tell this as time goes
on. I have had notes sent to me at the desk
suggesting that the delegates, some at
least, would prefer not to have a lunch-
hour break which we contemplated for
somewhere around two to three. As far
as I am personally concerned, this would
be fine, except that I am inclined to think
it would be unwise. I think if we continue
without a break of any kind from twelve
until half past six, it is not only very tire-
some but apt not to be fruitful. I think a
short break in the mid-afternoon would be
well worthwhile.
However, if there is any strong feeling
for not having that and you would indicate
now to me just by a show of hands, we
could consider it.
If any feel strongly that we should con-
tinue uninterruptedly without the usual
break for lunch, until 6:30 or so, just indi-
cate by hand.
Delegate Gill.
DELEGATE GILL: I suggest that we
break at five for dinner.
T.HE PRESIDENT: The difficulty about
that, Delegate Gill, is that the evening ses-
sion then becomes just as prolonged, and
I do not think that the stamina of anyone
is as good in the long haul in the evening
as it otherwise would be. I do not think we
accomplish anything, really, by having a
five-hour session this afternoon and a
six or seven-hour session this evening.
How many delegates would prefer not —
Delegate James?
DELEGATE JAMES: Mr. Chairman,
would it be a good idea — we have reached
a good breaking point — to break now until
2:30 P.M., and then go until six, break for
an hour and a half and come back at
7:30 P.M.?
THE PRESIDENT: I am not sure I
followed you.
DELEGATE JAMES: Break at 6:00
P.M. and come back at 7:30 P.M. for a long
evening session. I thought we could break
now until 2:30 P.M.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we have only
been in session a little over an hour. I had
planned to break at about two.
DELEGATE JAMES: I am trying to
cut the break a little short so we can get
in more time. If we come back at 2:30 P.M.,
we would have more time.
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