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gavels, he said that he would not make a
speech, but the recipients might.
I think it is only fitting as a woman that
I take that option: first, to thank very
much Delegate Finch and the others who
were responsible for giving to me and the
other committee chairmen the memento we
will all hold very dearly. I could not let this
day go by without saying that I was not
unmindful of the honor that was granted
me as a woman and as a non-lawyer to be
chairman of one of the committees of this
Convention.
I think it only proper that at this point
that I say very clearly that without the
help, the assistance, and the cooperation
of the members of my committee and, in
addition, the understanding and the help
of the members of this Convention, that
whatever honor I was able to bring to that
job I did bring.
Thirdly, I would like on a much more
personal note to bring to your attention
the fact that I could not have come here
at all without my younger daughter as-
suming much more responsibility than any
seventeen-year old should be asked to do,
and I convinced her finally to come today
and to join me in this, a very significant
day.
I hope you will welcome my daughter,
Tammy, who is in the balcony over the
rostrum.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Roger.
DELEGATE KOGER: Mr. Chairman
and ladies and gentlemen: I hope that you
will welcome my wife, Dorothy, who is
here today.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mason.
DELEGATE MASON: Mr. Chairman, I
would like for the Convention to welcome
my eight-year old daughter who played
hookie from school to participate in this
historic occasion.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Ecken-
rode.
DELEGATE ECKENRODE: Mr. Presi-
dent, I got a copy of the tally sheet for
Monday, the final vote. I voted Monday in
favor of the Constitution and the tally
sheet shows I did not vote at all. I would
like for the record to show that I voted
for it.
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(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Key.
DELEGATE KEY: Mr. President and
fellow delegates: I would like to have you
welcome with me two of the people who
are most responsible for my participation
in this Convention, my boss, Mr. Marshall
W. Jones, Jr., and his beautiful wife, Mrs.
Gloria Jones.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: Mr. Chair-
man and fellow delegates: I would like
you to know that there is a lady in the
balcony who came down here to help me
carry home a carton of undelivered
speeches and elaborate extensions of re-
marks, my daughter, Anne Humbert.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Harry
Taylor.
DELEGATE H. TAYLOR: Mr. Presi-
dent and ladies and gentlemen: I would
like to have you welcome today the three
most important women in my life: my
mother, who has put up with me for forty-
six years; my sister, Jean Rozamus; and
my secretary, who has been with me since
I got out of law school. They are seated in
the balcony to the rear of the chamber,
and I hope you will all join in giving them
a warm welcome.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Darby.
DELEGATE DARBY: Mr. President
and ladies and gentlemen: I would like the
Convention to extend its usual warm wel-
come to my family: my wife Andrea, my
daughter Paula, my son Matthew, and my
mother, Mrs. Cecilia Darby. Thank you.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Beachley.
DELEGATE BEACHLEY: Mr. Presi-
dent, I would like to ask the fellow dele-
gates to extend a welcome to my beloved
sister-in-law, Mrs. Beachley, and also to a
friend of the family who is with her, Mrs.
R. A. Bell from Hagerstown.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: Mr. Presi-
dent and fellow delegates: I would like to
have you welcome to the Convention my
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