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attempted to solve all the problems of the present nor

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those of either the immediate or the distant future.

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However, we have, I believe, provided a structure of

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government for our State which can solve these problems

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and at the same time we have stated in simple, but, never-

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theless, very precise, terms, those fundamental rights of

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our citizens which shall forever be free from governmental

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control or restriction. In doing so, I believe we have

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also avoided the pitfalls which have beset recent attempts

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at constitutional revision in some of our sister states.

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We have not drafted a constitution for labor or

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for big business, for one religious group or another, for

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civil libertarians or stand-patters, for liberals or con-

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servatives, for one political party or another, or indeed

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for any one group of citizens. Instead, we have drafted a

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constitution for the citizens of Maryland, all of them,

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rich and poor, black and white, young and old. In so doingj,

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we have drafted a constitution which, I am confident, will

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be ratified overwhelmingly by the people of Maryland on

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May 14, 1968. And this may be regarded as what Delegate

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Beachley, very aptly, I think, describes as the Annapolis

Achievement.