NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I would also try to put at ease the mind of my good friend from Ohio who rose in support of this amendment who said he…”

“I would also try to put at ease the mind of my good friend from Ohio who rose in support of this amendment who said he was not that fond of voting for constitutional amendments. He was somewhat reluctant. Certainly our friends in opposition to this amendment will readily note the veracity of article V of the Constitution, which gives us as the people of the United States the ability from time to time to amend this Constitution. Indeed I would only take issue with one observation of the gentleman from Massachusetts when he quoted James Madison, and that would be this: that when James Madison penned those words at the outset of this Nation, he did not have to deal with the 16th amendment to the Constitution that led to the direct taxation of personal income. Indeed those who would wrap themselves in the Constitution and talk glowingly about preserving the integrity of this document have to deal with that essential fact.”