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Show 12A Wednesdoy, December 20, 1972 DESERET NEWS system. will affect party lea- US. House By CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY -' WASHINGTON More than a century after Thomas Edison was granted his first patent for an electric vote rea corder, computer-operate- electronic voting system is ready to go into operation in the U S House of Represen- tatives The system, which will be used for the first time when the tt.'trd Congress convenes .Ian :t, will cut in half the usual half hour or more needl ed for votes and quorum calls. The device, required by the Legislative Reorganization Act of IttTO, also will provide collections of current and pas voting information for the leadership at the push of a button Hhough Edison gt theie first, the House system is unique Its designer, lormer .tar quurteroack Frank B. II an. old Congressional Quarterly. "Tins is the first time that computer methods have been applied. There are roll-cal- a lot of advertisement ! its. control of its members Few disagree that it will have an impact on the House, and many believe that 1 he clear eves oi an angel m.i K viih a new system may call for sours hen ou care lor ihcntWash. LAXOPTIk Medicinal Lc new gamesmanship. The poli- Rinse awav smog. smoke. dirt and tics of electronic voting are dust. Ciel L AVUPriK with evecup at yet to be seen. dership and' CLEAITEYES bers have assigned seats, a simple electrical wiring system can be Used whereby whoever is sitting in the seat throws the .switch The House does not have assigned seats and that added to the complexity of the system. utomated voting is considered long overdue by many representatives, including Rep. Robert McOory. author of the amendment which vided for the system. pro- there since 191-have been recommendations of one kind or another for some kind of automatic voting here m the House," the Illinois "Ever Republican said during an October test of the system, " . . while the accurate reporting of votes is vital to this body, it is unfortunate that we have waited this long to install mod-ern ment electronic equip. . B. F. Sisk ). House Rn'es subcomdrafted the House profor the 1970 reform, the new system for "getting the Congress into the 20th century The $1,005,000 system could pay for itself in about one Congress," in the view of Rep. who has L. llavs. W'avne Rep whose mittee vision hailed (D-Ca- supervision of the prochairman of the as gram House Administration Committee. He based his computation on a combination of the time to be saved and a representative's pay of $42,500 a year. "Of course, if you figured at $1 B0, the minimum wage, it the Ohio will take longer. Democrat said over-al- the l 44 voting scat- stations clerks and the Government Printing Office. In addition to saving time, the electronic roll calls are expected to reduce the possibility of human error in the recording of votes. But House members anticipate other side effects. It is hoped by some that the new efficiency will make for better scheduling and therefore higher attendance at important votes. Others predict that since votes will be conducted more rapidly, more legislation might be resolved by a recorded vote. There has been apprehension as to just how the new tered about the room. At the push of a button a colored light will appear next to the members name indicating the green for yea. red for nay. amber for present. Smaller displays on the east and west walls will keep a running tally of votes and a countdown of time type of vote cast remaining The new system features panels, listing the names of all 4:15 members, high above the on the south desk speakers wall of the House chamber Member will be given coded cards identification plastic which will unlock any one of Other features of the long awaited system will be an instant retrieval sy stem of collections of voting information as well as a remote printer which will produce reports required by the leadership, (C) 1972 Congressional Quarterly Inc More than 200 PIANOS and Organs and up $ Sale : Terms. ; BENCH Continues INCLUDED. HART BROS. Sugar House Cottonwood Mall. Valley Fair Mall electro-mechanic- some systems foreign countries have them and over half of the states use them. "But all of those legislatures have one thing in common: The members assigned seats. When Rare Blood Will Save Boy's Life !eRIE. PA. (UPI) Peter Bennett sent his son to kindergarten because "we wanted him to live a normal life Like many children exposed to their contemporaries in a the classroom, youngster caught chicken pox. But Glenn Bennett also has lemkemia and will die soon unless donors are found to give him a rare type of blood At least two pints ot blood are needed every four days, prvferably negative, but the donor must have had chicken pox or shingles within the past two months, so the antibodies that were created by the donor will combat the disease in Glenn. Shingles is a viral infection similar to chicken pox that affects adults. Dr. Kenneth Bulmg, one of Glenns physicians, said thfe hospital had received about 200 calls offering help, including some from Canada. looks like were caught up and will be able to take care of Glenns needs for the present at least," he said. Glenn caught the itchy, feverish illness that erupts with spots on the skin during his first week in kindergarten. He was admitted to Childrens Hospital at Buffalo, N.Y., last week. "We wanted him to live a normal life so we decided to send him to kindergarten." a the boys father, said General Electric Co employe "Glenn must get over the chicken pox in the next few days," he said. "If he does, doctors say we have a good chance of saving him Were fighting a race against time. "The problem is that were fighting a double-edgesword." Buling said. "Were struggling with the chicken pox on top of his leukemia. Bennett said Glenns leukemia was being held back by drug therapy when he caught the chicken pox it STORE HOURS WEEKDAYS n :i.i i rr--TTuT- BEAUTIFUL j a 1 Cattleman's 972 P.M. Quality Product . aLLilk V Marshmallows KRAFT MINIATURE 101 2OZ. PKG. 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