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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 27, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday August 27, 1959 Butler to ask demos to keep electors Rule Washington Cap National chairman Paul Butler will ask the democratic National committee Tore adopt a 1956 Rule which conceivably could bar from the i960nominating convention any state omitting names of party nominee from its ballot or electing uninstructed  Southern states have taken Steps through legislation or within state democratic organizations to omit names of the presidential and vice presidential nominees and to choose electors committed to no one. The idea is that if the state s democratic leaders do not approve of the party s nominees they would withhold support in the electoral College and if no candidate received a majority there throw the election of the president Inlo the House of representatives where each state has one vote. Sept. 16 meeting a spokesman at the National democratic Headquarters said but Ler at the committee s sept. 16 meeting in Washington would ask re adoption of the following Rule which was approved by the com Mittee prior to the 1956 Conven Tion resolved that it is the under standing that a state democratic party in selecting and certifying delegates to the National Conven Tion thereby undertakes to assure that the voters in the state will have the Opportunity to cast their election ballots for the presidential and vice presidential nominee elected by said convention and for electors pledged formally or in Good conscience to the election of these presidential and vice presidential nominees under the demo cratic party Label and designation House passes Quesada Bill Washington up the Senate has approved a Bill designed to restore Federal aviation administrator Elwood r. Pete Quesada to his status As a retired air Force general when he leaves his present 1ob. The measure now goes Back to the House which passed a some what different Bil designed to a  
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