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Quota System Backed for 1976 Democratic Delegates
Patricia Roberts Harris urged the Democratic reform panel to retain quotas for women minorities and young people in state delegations to the 1976 convention. She also proposed automatic delegation for leading officeholders and a nondelegate credentials panel. The commission’s two-day meeting saw tests of draft guidelines and calls for compromise.
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Party
Reform Commission
Harris
Congress
Tennessee
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss