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Show f Foes Attack Runoff Rule for Popular Vote -WASHINGTON (AP) Opponents of a constitutional for amendment providing election of a president by nationwide popular vote zeroed in on its runoff provision Tuesday as Senate debate began. Sen. Birch Bayh, chief sponsor of the proposes amendment, acknowledged that its under questioning weakest part is the provision for a runoff election if no candidate gets as mucr. as 40 percent of the vote. But he argued that there are worse defects under the present Electoral College system and said the chances of no candidate receiving 40 per-ceof the vote are relatively remote. rt Perk Bayh said he hopes the Sen- ate will not be denied an opportunity to vote on the issue, an obvious reference to the possibility that opponents may filibusier to block action. Abe Martin of WASHINTON A ask force of the President's Commission on Violence said Tuesday that the nation is moving toward "the modern counterpart of the fortified medieval city because of an alarming increase in violent weeks, he will try to invoke g the Senates cloture rule, which requires a s majority. Majority I two-third- Nixon Support Sen. Robert F. Griffin of Michigan, the acting Republican leader, said President Nixon definitely supports the plan. But Griffin already has teamed up with Sen. Joseph D. Tydings, to try to eliminate the runoff provision. direct-electio- v- v Gty to Become Medieval Fortress, Violence Report Fears (ITI) vill House-passe- debate-limitin- Asks for Unity Bayh said the direct-electio- n plan is what the people want and appealed to his colleagues tu unite behind it rather than scatter their votes for alternative proposals for overhauling the Electoral College system proposals he said have no chance. Leader Mike told Mansfield. newsmen he hopes for adop A3 X d the amendment but declined to say whether, if the debate more than two continues tion The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, September 9, 1970 n Th next best .thing t havin ability is lookin' th part. crime. The task force also said that if urban crime continues, the inner cities would be largely deserted and sealed off by police at night to protect properties and the tax base. Anyone on the streets would attract police attention," it said. Between 1958 and 1968, the task force noted, the rate of homicides increased 52 percent. rape 71 percent, robbery 143 percent and aggravated assault 82 percent. Historically when politick institutions have failed to protect the public, the task force said, "individuals have taken steps to safeguard themand selves. their families their property. The present period is not different in this respect." "If present trends are not redirected," the positively we can force said expect further social fragmentation of the urban environment, formation of excessi.o-l- y parochial communities, greater segregation of presumptive definitions of criminality on the poor and on raa possible cial minorities, resurgence of communal and polarization of task vigi-lantis- attitudes . . . It is logical tc expect the establishment of the defensive city,' the modpm of the fortified medieval city . . . "High-risapartment build 'xnm-terpa- e rt ings and pounds residential com- be fortified cells for upper, middle and hig! income populations living at prime locations in the inner city 'uburban neighborhoods, geographically removed from the central city, will be safe areas, protected mainly by racial and economic lomogetfr it.v and by distance from pctp ulation groups with the higtf est propensities to commit crime. Many parts of central cities will witness frequent and widespread crime, perhaps out of police control, ' the task force said. , of Doubt Sen. Carl T. Curtis, called the runoff provision a fatal defect. He said the peri-t- v between the initial voting and a runoff election would be one of doubt, confusion and indecision. Debate on the proposed amendment, approved by the House a year ago by a vote, started with Bayh conceding the difficulty cf obtaining the necessary majority in the Senate. If approved by Congress, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states to become ' 339-7- 0 -- two-third- s .r .VS v mH 4 IMAGINE Choose Any Hearing Aid Shown Here For Under $200 If vou cant 355-665- 1 come in phone for a FREE home ''h Hearing Evaluation No Wires or Coids I V n - v a T. 39 Tru-E- ar $199 N Our smallest aid weighs less than a dime and fits entirely in tlie ear without cords or tubes. For moderate hearing losses. t. Western os (oust EShi V joirSiei 1 psseon;!? 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