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1	and I have found in speaking to members of the congre-
2	gations that they do not speak for these congregations
3	at all, that the majority of them are in favor of a
4	lottery. I have already spoken before one congregation
5	where the pastor was very much opposed to it, and about
6	half the people who attended che meeting showed disagree-
7	ment with the pastor by expressing themselves in one
8	way or the other. Nobody expressed agreement with him.
9	I have had polls taken in various districts
10	of Baltimore City. I found the average was 90 per cent
11	in favor of a lottery. I found in Baltimore County it
12	was 85 per cent in favor of n lottery. In Anne Arundel
13	County 86 per cent. I was informed very recently, early
14	part of this year, I would say, I believe about February,
15	that station WAQE conducted a referendum and found two
16	and a half to one in favor of a lottery.
17	So the mere fact that there are certain spokes-
18	men who speak in behalf of their congregations doesn't
19	necessarily mean that their congregations are in agree-
20	ment with their statements. I feel that a provision such
21	as this docs not belong in our new Constitution. There