much better. He has consulted his own
doctor, who has suggested that he rest over
the weekend, but sees no reason why he
cannot return to his desk on Monday.
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. Presi-
dent, I quite agree with your ruling that
any committee should be allowed to inquire
into subjects not specifically before them
by proposal, but I would want to suggest
that it might be well that after a committee
has inquired into an area that if that com-
mittee feels that that subject merits a
specific proposal or merits some considera-
tion on a subject which may be embodied
in a final report of a committee later on,
that in order to apprise each and every
one of the delegates and of the public of
the subject under discussion and considera-
tion, that that committee introduce by way
of a proposal a formal bill so that every
one of us will know that that committee
is considering that subject.
THE PRESIDENT: It will be done. The
only difference between it and a delegate
proposal is the name. The proposal by
committee, the Rules Committee decided
should be called committee recommenda-
tion, rather than committee proposal. Other-
wise, it will be in the form and except that
it will be on a different color paper, will
be exactly in the nature of a delegate
proposal. It will receive the same treatment,
referenced to the committee, reporting back
to the Committee on the Whole to the Con-
vention and through the usual routine.
I have been asked by both the staff and
the Press to make this announcement and
request, particularly of the committee
chairmen. The information service, as indi-
cated the other day is endeavoring to have
ready in the early afternoon each day a
schedule of all committee events, I would
say, rather than meetings, for the follow-
ing day—witnesses, place, times, et cetera.
This will be the function of the adminis-
trative assistant to each committee. That
is, it will be his function to get the report
back to the information service at 12:00
noon each day. Some of the committees
have been doing this. All have not. The
newspapers not only have agreed to carry
this, but they would like very much in the
morning edition of the paper to carry the
entire schedule of events before all the
committees of the Constitutional Convention.
Hopefully the late afternoon papers each
day will carry the same schedule for the
following day if we can get it out in time.
Therefore, I request that the chairman of |
each committee put this down as a must
on his calendar. He can assign the duty to
his administrative assistant. This is one of
the functions of the administrative assis-
tant. He can prepare tentatively a schedule
and a little before noon have the chairman
of the committee approve it to be sure that
it is correct, and then see that it is trans-
mitted promptly by page to the information
service. From there on, it will be carried
so that it can be handled.
A suggestion has been handed to me
with respect to Delegate Proposal No. 27,
but rather than act on it now, because I
have some questions about it, I would like
to consider the suggestion. It can be acted
on later. It is not a question of whether it
should be withdrawn but rather having been
withdrawn it should nevertheless be pre-
served.
I am a bit puzzled because just a few
moments ago I had handed to me what is
marked Delegate Proposal, an amendment
to standing rules of the convention, not on
the Delegate Proposal form. I understand
that this was distributed to your desks and
it is marked introduced by Delegate Robie.
I am not sure what was the intention. Dele-
gate Robie.
DELEGATE ROBIE: Mr. President, I
followed the standing procedure that we
had used on previous suggested amend-
ments to the rules and inasmuch as I sub-
mitted it to the Clerk, I would like to have
it given its first reading this afternoon,
so that if time permits the Rules Commit-
tee can consider this rules change, and that
our two-day limitation can begin starting
today.
THE PRESIDENT: The Clerk tells me
that the proposal was in his hand in the
hopper before noon, and therefore it should
be considered. With the permission of the
delegates, we will re-do it on the form
to indicate the dates and introduction, et
cetera, at a later date; at the moment it
will be introduced as Delegate Proposal
No. 41.
DELEGATE ROBIE: Thank you, Mr.
President.
THE PRESIDENT: The parliamentarian
calls my attention to the fact that it is
probably improperly titled as a delegate
proposal. It is merely offered as an amend-
ment to the rules, and if so, I will with-
draw the statement I just made.
I will have the Clerk read the proposed
amendment. We will later number it and
have it appropriately marked in your book. |
