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to join me in thanking him for his great work and assistance:

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and help. (Applause.)

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THE PRESIDENT: One qualification for the

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Chairman of the Committee on Style, Drafting and Arrangement

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which Delegate Byrnes did not mention, and which is possessed

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in abundance by Delegate Penniman, is the ability to remain

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completely unruffled, despite the insistance of the Presi-

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dent every hour on the hour that he get on with the business

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and "get it back to me immediately."

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DELEGATE BYRNES: Mr. Chairman and ladies and

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gentlemen of the Convention, you might be interested to

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know that the committee drafted a letter of commendation

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to Chairman Penniman and Dr. Phillips, who served so ably.

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You will be interested to know that we have revised it

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three times and can't agree on the language.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is the problem with the language

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or the punctuation?

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A note has been passed up to me which I would

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like to read to you.

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All of the pages would like to express to the

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Convention their appreciation for the opportunity afforded