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I appeared, along with other representatives

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of public education, before the Committee on Miscellaneous

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Provisions to discuss public education, principally in

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connection with Article 43 of the Declaration, of Rights

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and Article III of the Constitution. I have now had an

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opportunity to read the recommendations made by this lat-

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ter Committee in their Fourth Report.

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I also attended, on July 19, the Community

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Seminar, the first of a series of regional conferences

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being sponsored by the Extension Division of the University

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of Maryland to promote citizen interest in the Constitu-

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tional Convention,

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Very frankly, I am disturbed by a number of

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the recommendations which have already been made, are

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under consideration, or have been discussed at the Seminar.

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In addition, the rumor persists that this Committee plans

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to remove the guarantee that funds, in accordance with

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the statutes, will be placed in the budget by the governor,

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as provided for in Article III, Section 52 (11) from the

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Constitution. I have discussed this matter with Mr. Case,

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and he very kindly offered to allow me to present a