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Page 2-A Raleigh Round-Up By MILDRED BUSKINS The “saberi* sense of hi*i re«po«>»bUity” which Dr. Albert Mrards, chaplain of the House nf Represen tell vet, prayed lor the members Honour evening to start the MW tqpswuve ween, wit tne threatened Uo-memher body Ump and artmusted but a Uttle Ratification of the Equal Amendment became the Blast emotional issue to come hnfore the MW General As sembly and the worried look of House members as they gathered an Monday spoke of pressure which they had faced from the folks back home over tbs weekend. Many wished they could have avoided the return to the district Some did. Others were in evidence at the Azalea -Festival in Wilmington but faced the ERA music when they entered their Raleigh residence. But, face it they did! The threats horn each side were unbelievable, coming primarily from women, which distressed those of w observing from the sidelines. We were sympathetic but could not vote so we escaped. Monday evening was a short session end members realized there was no escape from Tuesday when the ERA measure wu set “for special order second reading roll call.” The gideriee were packed long before the Tuesday session began and the corridors, courts and meeting rooms were filled with people, buttonholing legislators to try to nail down a vott...either way, for or against. They were about as equally divided as it was known already the House members wen. Each side had taken nose counts and had agreed the vote would be close. There was only one member absent when the House convened. Speaker Jimmy Green called the calendar: “Publicßills, Special Order Second Reading Roll Call, Committee Substitute for House Bill IS". That was it. It was introduced by Rep. Herbert Hytfo of Buncombe on one of tHe filWt days of the session and sent off to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments chaired by Rep. 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Finally it was reported a* and ' hopaaef the matter hptef takas care of in commtgM van shattered, the members knew it wao shout time fcr thqp to stand up and be counted. the Oort'tomsn bum Wilson j proposed s change el the (rule# to raguire a two-thfods vpts for ratification, indicating ho, being opposed to Ete measure passing, was not s«e h«had the votes to defeat mtifleatteo in the House. His motion was voted down but did Ifot give a dear indication of. how the members would vote although the roll call count was followed with great aturtsty by both sides. Then the debate began. The bill’s sponsor, the Gentleman from Buncombe, fodoff and was going strong while the Speaker held the watch. Hf was allowed 30 minutes When he stumbled a time or two, the Speaker sent him a glass of water. “Take the gentleman a glass of water and it won't be counted against his tiara.” Finally Rep. Hyde concluded: ”1 will now offer myself up to be burned ... for questions...but I ask you to search your hearts and souls, the political climate back homo sod vote for the trill. ” The Speaker recognized members wishing to be heard from one side of the issue and I the other was kind with the I water, sending a sip along to 1 Rep. Campbell who led the I opposition. The Speaker, from I the outside looking in, was I inclined to treat the lengthy debate with a bit of humor from time to time. When Rep. Bob Jones of Rutherford, speaking against the bill, said he and his wife were both in the service and she outranked him, the Speaker quipped: “She still I does.” Rep. Fred Hutchins of Forsyth got so carried away in his opposition speech his grammar got a little mixed up and he apologized: “I’m sorry, Mr. Speaker, my English is getting bad.” The Speaker said, “There is nothing in the rule book which adtfresses itself to poor English. The Chair knows you better." The most dramatic moment of the entire session was the, I now famous, move at the end of the voting by Rep. Ronald Mason of Carteret. The Gentleman had determined there was a tie vote and, being a friend of the Speaker, wished to I spare Rep. Green from having I to break a tie. changed his vote from no to aye causing the I measure to carry by one vote. There was jubilation from those B who were in favor of ratification § but each side knew its work was I cut out for it when the vote I came up foF final action Wednesday. Both sides worked through the night and pressure on members to change their vote I was great, not only from men I and women on the scene, but from back home. Telephone polls were taken and threats were made. Political lives were I on the line and that is serious I business! 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