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kind of preamble you are talking about, and very often
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when you get into that kind of problem, the idea of
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writing the preamble itself and getting agreement on it
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may be the answer or may show the answer to the question.
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If you get one everybody will agree on, why then you've
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got something to talk about. If you can't, it's a moot
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problem.
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MR. BROOKS: Mr. Sykes, I don't want to be
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difficult, but I wonder if you could give us some
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examples of what you envision as being the kind of
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psychological impact which the inclusion of the pro-
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visions that you recommend would have upon the citizenry
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generally?
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MR. SYKES: I'll be glad to do that. We went
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through this same thing in Maryland when Maryland had
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the distinction of being one of the few states that had
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not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, and some years
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ago down at the Legislature there was a tremendous
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battle, the Civil War was fought all over again, on
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whether the Fourteenth Amendment should be ratified.
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It didn't make a particle of difference, but the fact
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