—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 1.1969 10 WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman MKI 16th DUtrict-Panniylvanld IHHH Smee the opening oi the 90th Congicss theie has been a good deal ol talk about electoial ie loim I inlioduced my own vei sion toi changing the Piesiden tial selection piocess a couple of v.eeks ago. That pioposal was b..sed upon lathei extensive ic«eaich, and it offeis the changes that appf-.e- to me to have the best chance of be coming law befoie the next Piesidenlial election Aftei completing the icseaich into electoial icfoim my staff assistant. Robert Walker, and 1 lelt that the information we had gatheied might be of some gen ual mtei est We put it to gether in a magazine ai tide that was published early this month m THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY magazine However, I thought that a condensation of points covered in the article would aid those of you who follow my newspaper column m under standing the multitude of prob lems that the Congress faces as it goes about trying to change the electoial system There foie, this column and the one to appear in two weeks will be de voted to the subject of electoral reform The issue is certainly not a new one for the Congiess As eaily as 1797 an electoial re vision plan was offeied in the House of Repiesentatives Since that time hardly a session of Congiess has passed without the intioduction of one or more pieces of legislation seeking to change 01 abolish the electoral college Yet during those 171 years, this nation’s peculiar fashion of picking its leadei has remained basically unchanged. Under the electoral college system, the American people do not leally choose their chief executive A small band of 538 independent men and women aeiually cast the deciding bal lots This system often seems ■completely inadequate in the modem day, especially when the public’s voice can be totally ignoied But, while a wide var iety of ideas have been suggest ed to levise the electoral col lege, each plan has weaknesses as well as aieas of strength Several questions must be asked about each reform pro posal to determine its relative merit. Those questions include Will it make the election pro cess more democratic 9 Will it eliminate the uncertainties now # DHIA Directors (Continued from Page 1) Strasburg Rl, president; John Breneman Kirkwood Rl, vice president; and Donald Eby, secretary Jacob Houser, Jr, and J Wilbur Houser both of Lampeter Road, were reappoint ed treasuier and head tester respectively Over 1000 herds in Pennsyl vania weie reported on the once-a-day testing, but no num bei of the county herds on the new testing program was avail able Robeit Hess, state directoi, le ported on central laboiatoiy testing and announced a distuct meeting foi DHIA directoi s foi Maich 6 at the Fleetwood Giange Hall Many of the local dnectois expiessed opposition to the central laboiatoiy testing concept, but most seemed to be lieve the move is eventually in eutable If you want a man to tell you how smart you are, first, tell him how wonderful he is. It works every time. , , , coming an amendment (o om embodied in the election j ■ Constitution The thing to bo ie tem'’ Will it add an element of niembercd 1S that three quarters secuuty from possible const tu 38 of the flft stdtes musl tonal ciisos ausing Horn elec- ) j(if Constltutlon and m lhis case the smjU Can it suivive the diffici t d slEteSi jn p ar ti CU lar, would have complicated piocess of becom- a baslc reason for opposing a in§ T C ? ns K U ll lo . nal , switch to dnect election The nient Is it a bettei syste' * reason is that they would tend what we now have. Jly i « hto lose considerable influence in has indicated that none e tbe wbo i e Presidential selection icfoim plans under consideia- process _ In other words> the few turn, including the one I e e ] ec toral votes given a small submitted, bung a yes - sfate are much more in fi uen ti a i sponse to eacn of the above th „ n the total vote of lts po p ula . questions. t ion would be, and a small state One pioposal that seems to is not likely to give up this de have a good deal of popular ap- §iee of power. Seventeen peal is called the dnect election slates stand to be affected ad plan. Such a system would have versely in this manner by a the vote of the people be the direct election plan, thereby put only detei mining factor in the tmg a probable damper on the election of a President The elec- chances of such a plan finding toial college would be totally acceptance, abolished, 1 shall Pick up the discussion at this point in my next column, Direct election has numerous look at some other reform ideas, features to recommend it as an and explain a little about the adequate reform measure. It conclusions that I reached. It takes a complete soil fumigant to protect your tobacco crop from soil pests to insure a healthy start for every plant. Don't fool around with "part-job" fumigants . . . insist on Vorlex— the complete, whole-job soil fumigant—you'll get more pounds of tobacco per acre— more profits too! 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