tary and the Assistant Secretary act as
teller.
(Whereupon a roll call was made.)
THE PRESIDENT: Any other delegates
desire to change their vote? If not, the
tellers will please report. There being 78
votes in favor of Delegate Clark, 53 votes
in favor of Delegate James and 4 votes in
favor of Delegate Powers, Delegate Clark
has been elected as First Vice President of
this Convention.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair will ask
delegates Sybert and Johnson to escort the
First Vice President to the rostrum.
It gives me great privilege to present to
you the First Vice President of this Con-
vention Delegate Clark. Will you raise your
right hand, please. Repeat after me.
(Delegate James Clark thereupon took
the oath of office as First Vice President of
the Constitutional Convention.)
(Applause.)
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT J. CLARK:
Mr. President, delegates to the Convention,
I thank you for this high honor you have
paid me. I pledge you that I hope that I
can be a strong right arm for our great
President. Anything he calls upon me to
do I stand ready to do it. Thank you.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Next order of busi-
ness is the nomination and election of the
Second Vice President. We will follow the
same procedure. Will all those desiring to
place the name of a delegate in nomination
for Second Vice President rise.
DELEGATE BARD: Mr. Chairman, I
would prefer that someone else make the
nomination but I would like to make it
clear if no one else does, I am very anxious
to make the nomination for the Second
Vice President along the lines of my pre-
vious nomination.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Abramson.
DELEGATE ABRAMSON: All that can
be said has been said. I wish to place in
nomination the name of William S. James.
THE PRESIDENT: I want to make sure
that I have the names of all the persons
desiring to make nominations. Ones I have
are Delegates Abramson, Barrick, Bard,
Bradshaw and Gallagher. |
Are there any others?
All right, gentlemen, the name of Dele-
gate James has been placed in nomination
for the office of Second Vice President. Is
there a second?
DELEGATE BARRICK: I would like
to second Senator James' nomination.
DELEGATE BARD: I would like to
second it and make it clear that the last
nomination, which to my mind was a very
important and good one, makes it even
more important than ever that we have
Mr. James on this highly significant team.
THE PRESIDENT: I assume, Mr. Bard,
that that was the delegate for whom you
would have made the nomination. Delegate
Bradshaw.
DELEGATE BRADSHAW: Mr. Presi-
dent, fellow delegates, it gives me a great
deal of pleasure to place in nomination the
name of a distinguished Marylander and a
distinguished resident of Montgomery
County. I speak for Delegate Gerald D.
Morgan. Delegate Morgan is a graduate of
Princeton University, Harvard Law School.
After he finished Harvard Law School and
until 1945, he was assistant legislative
council to the United States House of Rep-
resentatives. During that time he was
charged with drafting some of the most
significant legislation that affects our
county. After 1945, he served as special
counsel to the Republican majority during
the 80th Congress. He also served as spe-
cial counsel to the first Hoover Commission
devoting himself to the re-organization of
the executive branch of the United States
Government. In 1955 he became a member
of President Eisenhower's White House
staff, serving the President for a period of
eight years, both of his terms. One of those
years he served as President Eisenhower's
administrative assistant.
Four of those years he served President
Eisenhower as his special counsel. That
was the number two position in the White
House at that time.
He has been active in many local public
affairs in Montgomery County and in the
State of Maryland, covering the period of
more than 25 years. During that time he
took a very active part in the major con-
stitutional questions agitating Maryland at
that time as to whether or not Montgomery
County should have a charter form of gov-
ernment. Currently he is serving our
county as a member of the Appeal Tax
Court. Therefore, Mr. President, it gives
me a great deal of pleasure to place in |
