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me that she was glad that we were going to finally adjourn.

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Her name is Pandora. She said that although we came close

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many times to opening her box, we never did, and that she

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can support this Constitution 100 per cent. (Laughter

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and applause.)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Burdette.

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DELEGATE BURDETTE: Mr. President, I should

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like to say for the record what may to some of you be

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somewhat unusual.

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At the close of the meetings of the Constitution-

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al Convention Commission I was able to say the same thing

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that I can now say about the Convention; that although I

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have received mail and telegrams and other written communi-

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cations, and I have heard here some discussions of pressure

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or other forces brought upon some delegates, I can say,

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sir, no person save a delegate or delegates has ever asked

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for my vote, either in the Commission or this Convention.

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I am not quite able to understand whether that

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comes from my coming from Montgomery County or being a

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university professor, but it is the literal truth, and I

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