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Override Conservative Votes
The Democratic reformers believe
that with their four "sure"
DSG member votes and at least two
of the three moderates, they can
wring a reform report from the
committee - overriding, if necessary,
the votes of Chicago Daley
Democrat Frank Annunzie, Wayne
Hays (Ohio), Phil Landrum (Ga.)
and Olin Teague (Tex.), members
whose conservatism and long
service may make them enemies of
even the smallest change in the
seniority system.
The Democratic committee,
then, appears to reflect accurately
the Democratic House membership,
which is almost certain to approve
seniority reform only narrowly, if
at all, and only by out-voting
Southern and Machine Democrats
who benefit so much from the
present system.
The 19-member Republican
"Task Force" now probing
seniority reform includes six outspoken
reformers: chairman Barber
Constable (N.Y.), Edward Biester
(Pa.), James Cleveland (N.H.), Paul
(Pete) McCleskey (Cal.), Albert
Quie (Minn.) and William Steiger
(Wis.).
The reformers expect additional
support from freshman Glenn Beall
(Md.) and David Dennis (Ind.) and
junior members Clarance Brown
(Ohio); Jack Edwards (Ata.), John
Erlenborn (Ill.), Durward Hall
(Mo.), James Harvey (Mich.), Tom-Kleppe
(N.D.), Burt Talcott (Cal.),
and Wendall Wyatt (Ore.).
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