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immeidate future, sofar as I know.

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Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity

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to express my personal appreciation to all members of the

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committee 4 They worked long and hard hours. They

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shirked no responsibilities. They voted their own con-

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sciences, and they acted with complete sincerity.

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I would also pay tribute to the staff, Dave

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Marlin; the Administrative Assistant, Atlee Wampler;

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and the two secretaries, Mrs. Anna Klemmsen and Mrs. Louise

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Peters.

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Also, I would like on behalf of the Committee

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to thank you, Mr. President, because you, too, were a

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great help to our committee. The busiest man in the

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Constitutional Convention was never too busy to answer

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all and any of the dumb fool questions of the chairman,

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to check on our work to be sure we didn't get behind in

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our schedules, and most important, personally checked all

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the recommendations of the committee to make sure that

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there were no glaring omissions and no faults that might

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embarrass us later on.

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I can say this in all sincerity, that our