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The Ayes have it unanimously, and it is so

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ordered.

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The Chair recognizes Delegate Byrnes.

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DELEGATE BYRNES: Mr. Chairman, I would like

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to take this opportunity to announce, first of

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all, that the Committee on Style, Drafting and Arrangement

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will meet immediately after the session, on adjournment,

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at the Maryland Inn, for & dinner and presentation of

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gifts, et cetera, to our "beloved chairman". (Laughter.)

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I would like the ladies and gentlemen of the

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Convention to join with me in commending Chairman Penniman

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for the magnificent job he has done under tremendous

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pressure over the past so many weeks.

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I think you all know that the job of the Chair-

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man of the Committee on Style of the Consititutional

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Convention with a deadline looming before us constantly

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requires a good nature; it requires tact; it requires

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diplomacy par excellance; it requires skill; professional

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judgment; scholarship; and constant attention to the

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intention of the Committee of the Whole and the committee.

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Chairman Penniman met all these, and I ask you