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Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 121 votes in the affirmative
and none in the negative, the resolution
is adopted.
The Chair now calls for action —
Delegate Willis.
DELEGATE WILLIS: Point of Personal
privilege, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: State your privilege.
DELEGATE WILLIS: In the balcony
in the front of the Chamber are thirty-six
members of the senior class of the Blair
High School with their teachers, Mr. Ralph
Jordan and Mr. Walter Campbell. I would
appreciate the members of the Convention
joining me in giving them their usual
hearty welcome.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: Point of personal
privilege, Mr. Chairman.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE STORM: You all have been
so kind to me when I have been grumpy,
and to my wife when she was here, and to
my first born yesterday, I now invite your
attention to my youngest who is a Fellow
at the University of Maryland, a teacher
who tutors and whose proud parents feel
will make a real contribution in the field
of education, especially for the disad-
vantaged. Will you, in your customary
warm manner, welcome Penny Storm in
blue to the right above the President's
head?
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Byrnes.
DELEGATE BYRNES: Point of per-
sonal privilege, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE BYRNES: In the rear bal-
cony we have a living proof of the quality
that can come from the multi-member dis-
trict, Mr. Tommy Mooney from the Third
District in Baltimore City in the House of
Delegates. I would like you all to welcome
him.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Winslow.
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DELEGATE WINSLOW: I should like
to announce the presence in the balcony of
a delegation from the Eastern Shore, and
I announce it with great satisfaction be-
cause one of the members in the group is a
former student of mine, one of my favorite
students, Mrs. Charles Potts, Mrs. Fred
Thomas, Mrs. Howard, and the wife of
Delegate Adkins.
Will you please join me in welcoming
them to this Convention?
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair calls up
Resolution No. 27 and recognizes Delegate
Scanlan, Chairman of the Committee on
Rules, Credentials, and Convention Budget.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Although your
approval of Resolution No. 26 takes care
of one of the most important Convention
activities, I think in order to be absolutely
sure of the authority of the President to
expend funds on behalf of the Convention
in winding up the post-convention activi-
ties, that Resolution No. 27 really is neces-
sary. The resolution has been shown to
and has been approved by the Attorney
General and would make it perfectly clear
that the President had the authority to
enter into contracts, including employment
contracts, in connection with the winding
up of the post convention activities. It is
possible to interpret Resolution No. 26 to
go this far, and it has the approval of the
Attorney General. I think it would mean
that any expenditures entered into and ap-
proved by the President in the post-conven-
tion period would be approved by the
Comptroller, and I think it would be wise
that you adopt it and I move that you do.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any ques-
tions of the Committee Chairman?
Is there any discussion?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.
The question arises upon the adoption of
Resolution No. 27.
Delegate Burdette.
DELEGATE BURDETTE: Parliamen-
tary inquiry. Is it necessary for us to sus-
pend the rules because of the nominal lay-
over matter?
THE PRESIDENT: It is not.
The question arises upon the adoption
of Resolution No. 27. -A vote Aye is a vote
in favor. A vote No is a vote against.
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