The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1955 Page: 2 of 16
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THE SILSBEE BEE
amendment received the necee-
poptilar vote end therefore the en-
tire electoral vote to the pivotal
states.
If the proposed change la made,
a vote in Texas will be worth aa
much as a vote in New York, and
much as a vote to New York, —
the same will be true of individu-
al votes hi every state Presiden-
tial candidates would campaign
in the South and West in the fu-
ture instead of concentrating most
of their efforts in the densly pop-
ulated states.
National Spelling Bee
The Twenty-Eighth Annual
Spelling Bee was held in Wash-
ington last week. Of the 62 girls
and boys representing cities and
districts throughout the entire
Country, 8 were from Texas
They were John Glenn, Jr. of
Canadian, Thomas Stone of Pharr,
Suzanne Payne of El Paso, Areve
Brachman of Fort Worth, Barba-
ra Greysky of Houston, Sandra
Buster of Lubbock, Ted Pinson,
Jr. of San Antonio, and James
Park of Wichita Falls.
The contest is sponsored by six-
ty daily and Sunday newspapers.
Air Force Academy
Selections have been made of
cadets to be enrolled in the first
class of the United States Air
Force Academy. Out of the 230
boys nominated by Texas Sena-
tors and Representatives, 12 were
selected as principals and 12 as
alternates.
The Air Force picked Winfield
Ulmer, Jr. of Houston as the writ-
er’s principal appointment and
Gerald Brooks of El Paso as al-
ternate. The distinction of being
a part of the establishment of a
new service school goes to these
young men and we wish them ev-
ery success.
poncnt of this constitution*!
change, and it is hoped that the
Senate will repeat its action this
year and that the House will look
with more favor on the proposal
this time.
Abolish the Electoral College
The amendment would abolish
the archaic and outmoded elec-
toral college. Each state's total
electoral vote toward the selection
if a President would remain the
same, but it would be counted
without intervention of “dummy”
electors, and it would be credited
to the candidates for President
and Vice President in proportion
to the direct popular vote cast in
each state.
In other words, if a candidate
receives three-fourths of the pop-
ular vote in a state, he would re-
ceive three-fourth of the electoral
vote of that state instead of the
entire elctorol vote as under the
present system.
Under the present system the
candidate who receives only a
one-vote majority in New York
would receive the entire 45 elec-
toral votes of that state. Under
our proposed amendment, these
45 electoral votes would be divid-
ed in accordance with the popu-
lar vote, each candidate receiving
approximately one-half of the 45
electoral votes.
The votes would be counted as
they are cast. Each voter would
have his vote reflected in the final
electoral vote of the state.
So long as the present electoral
college method exists, each politi-
cal party will continue to con-
centrate its campaign in the heav-
ily populated states of the North i
and East.
Each party will continue to out-
promise the other in appealing to
minority and pressure groups
which might hold the balance
necessary to win the majority
(Vadunqbn
-By PRICE DANIEL-
U. S. Senior
The Senate Judiciary Commit-
tee, by a vote of 10 to 3, has ap-
proved and reported to the senate
our constitutional amendment
which, would change the present
electoral coUege method of selec-
ting the President and Vice Pres-
ident.
Now called the Danicl-Walter
amendment, this proposal is bet-
ter known! as the former Gossett-
Lodge amendment, and is worded
exactly as the Gossett-Lodge
amendment passed the Senate in
1950.
This year the amendment was
introduced in the Senate by the
writer and in the House by Con-
gressman Francis Walter of Penn-
sylvania.
Its support in the Senate Is in-
dicated by the co-signers of the
resolution who include Senators
Byrd of Virginia, Humphrey of
Minnesota, McClellan of Arkan-
sas, Wiley of Wisconsin, Dirksen
of Illinois, Kcfauver and Gore of
Tennessee, Jenner of Indiana,
Ives of New York, Anderson and
Chavez of New Mexico, Neely of
West Virginia, Murray and Mans-
field of Montana, Sparkman and
Hill of Alabama, Stcnnis of Mis-
sissippi, Williams of Delaware,
and Neuborger of Oregon.
This list of co-sponsors includes
Democrats and Republicans, lib-
erals and conservatives. T h e
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The sprinkling can is to show you that the material is waterproof,
and the manufacturer claims that garments fashioned from the
new fiber are also warm as wool, soft as cashmere.
HE “NOSE” HOCKEY—Detroit Red Wings’ high-scoring Ted
Lindsay fails to score on this play with anything but his nose, as
he’s dumped by Montreal Canadiens’ Butch Bouchard during sec-
ond game of Stanley Cup playoffs at Detroit, Mich. Detroit put
the game on Ice, 7-1.
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Johnny Lewis Discharged
^ Cpl. Johnny L. Lewis, Silsbee,
Vas separated from active mili-
tary service at Fort George G.
Meade, Maryland, on May 19.
During his two-year tour of
duty he served with the 89th AAA
Gun Bn. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Lewis, 350 Bonner St.
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Dr. Jonas K. Salk, who developed Ihr polio vaccine named In his
honor, poses with wife, Donna, and their three sons. Among first
to receive Inoculations during the lest run In 1954 the boys are,
from left: Jonathan, 5, I’eler, II. and Darrel, 8.
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1955, newspaper, May 26, 1955; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth768193/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Silsbee Public Library.