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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Friday, August 18, 1972

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GOP to act on controversial
delegate plan at convention

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. P) Af-
ter another lively fight yester-
day, the Republican National
Committee opened the way to a
convention floor battle next week
by adopting a delegate reap-
portionment plan that favors
traditionally conservative states
in the selection of the 1976 GOP
presidential nominee.
Opponents of the reapportion-
ment plan represent mostly
large, urban states. They indi-
cated they would take their bat-
tle to the floor where their dele-
gate strength will give them a
better chance than in the Na-
tional . Committee where each
state has three votes regardless
of size.
The adopted plan, which re-
places one declared unconstitu-
tional by a federal judge in

Washington, will affect the 1976
convention and will award bon-
us delegates to states w h i c h
vote for President Nixon in this
year's election.
Sponsored by big-name party
conservatives, it is expected to
give extra punch to Southern,
Midwestern, rural and small stat-
es which traditionally go Repub-
lican in presidential elections.
They were joined in the fight
by such states as California,
which lose relative strength un-
der the plan, but preferred it
because of the overall advantage
to conservatives.
While it appeared as a tug be-
tween big states and little stat-
es, it more truly was the liberal
elements in the party against the
conservatives. If the new form-
ula stands, conservatives w i1ll

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have a major advantage in nam-
ing a 1976 candidate such as
Vice President Spiro Agnew, for
instance.
"It's all these states that want
to go for Agnew that are against
us," said Frederick Lippit of
Rhode Island, a leader of the
opposition forces. "If they c a n
carry their states for Nixon,
they will get all these bonuses
and come to the 1976 convention
in much stronger position."
The Platform Committee also
heard one more appeal for a
stand against existing abortion
laws.
Some women delegates were
unhappy with the draft plank on
women's rights - although the
touchy issue of abortion laws ap-
parently had been sidetracked at
least for the present.
The subcommittee that took
testimony on the issues relating
to women was reported to have
agreed to seek stronger provis-
ions on elimination of discrimina-
tion in economic matters, such as
obtaining credit, and a more af-
firmative commitment to provis-
ion of day care for the children
of working mothers.
Repeal of abortion laws, how-
ever, was not approved nor even
discussed very much, said one
committee member.
The abortion issue could still
be brought up in the full Repub-
lican Plaaform Committee a n d
even on the floor of the conven-
tion itself. Rules allow any dele-
gate to offer an amendment -
if he can gain recognition.
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