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1 am not saying at this point that you should n
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write the broad principles into the Constitution. I am
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not saying you should, but I am simply saying that I don't
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think any kind of reading but a very forced reading,
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certainly contrary to our intention when we wrote this,
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can take what we wrote and what I have said as any indi-
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cation of a position with regard to the question you have
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asked me about.
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MRS. FREEDLANDER: Could we pose a question
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to you about a preamble? Do you think there is any
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value in putting such items within a preamble?
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MR. SYKES: Well, I don't know. The Federal
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Constitution has a preamble in terms of domestic tran-
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quility and welfare, and the like. I'm not sure that
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this kind of preamble goes as far as some of the people
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who are talking about a preamble before your Commission.
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I think the simple answer is that preamble
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is a meaningless word. Ther.e are some political parties
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and racialist groups who might write a preamble that
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would be absolutely shocking. So, I can't be in favor
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of a preamble or against a preamble until I know what
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