Yes, thank you Randy. This is Dick daily. And I we apologize for the long delay in bringing you this updated report, but it's been a long time coming supporters of president for who won the first major struggle of this convention in the rules committee Thursday afternoon repeated that Victory on the floor late in the evening at issue where the majority and minority positions on the convention rules the majority or Ford position on what the amount of to rule 21 or 22 required each of the precious at-large delegates to be elected to the GOP National Convention to receive a clear majority of the State Convention vote that would work to the president's advantage since his forces clearly are in control the Reagan people proposed that the national convention delegates be elected by simple plurality the top 18 vote Getters would go to Kansas City weather or not. They actually were favored by a majority of those voting arreaga nights my ton.Let roll be able to elect at least a few delegates through a series of floor maneuver. The majority rule was adopted on a close 928 vote in the rules committee after bitter debate and that was the pattern hours later when it came before the full convention. There were many speakers on both sides Jerome Arnold and 8th District delegate was among the more eloquent in support of the majority rule. This rule is here. Just like our constitution to protect the individual rights of delegates here and minority positions. The majority positions do not need any protection. just like just like our Constitution and in the year of the bicentennial it would be a sad state. To go back and deny individual rights and minority rights, which have always been enjoyed by Republicans in Minnesota. Wake up this boat on June 2nd. The boat was 8 to 3 today. We took the boat. It was 8 to 8 the chairman cast the vote for the majority. It's past nine and eight a V8 to who voted on June 3rd three of them change their mind. And voted for the majority position. So at one point or another 11 members of our committee voted for the minority rule. It is a good rule. The theme of this convention apparently says put it together. If we don't pass the minority rule it ought to be changed to take it apart. Thank you. Jerome Arnold of Northeastern Minnesota, one of the many minority spokespersons who noted that simple plurality is had been used at State Republican conventions ever since 1952, but that argument didn't really wash with 3rd District Congressman Bill frenzel to me that this convention should apply the same test to its delegates that the congressional districts applied to theirs and we should not send less qualified or less attractive candidate or are delegates to the National Convention. Things have changed since 1952. We have half again as many delegates to elect at this convention. It is much more difficult than it is important that the representative of a majority of this convention. As a matter of fact every want to hear should know that way and Hayes was elected by a plurality in the US Congress. This is not a question of fairness. There's not a right to this thing. We are proposing and we are going to make a determination on a rule. Both of the rules are fair. The question here is representativeness. We want to elect people to represent us in Kansas City that are the Clear Choice of this convention stick with a majority report. Congressman Bill frenzel and those were the arguments before the basic question. However could come to a vote a related matter was put before the house in the form of an amendment Bob Potter follow that development state Senator. Robert Brown is Stillwater propose an amendment which might have given the Reagan forces a chance to relax some delegates even under the system of majority vote. The so-called ballot ballot would permit delegates to vote for fewer than 18 delegates. The theory is that if the Reagan supporters marshaled all their strength behind just a few candidates those individuals might have a better chance of garnering the majority required for election Brown made this argument in favor of his Amendment. You're being forced into a situation where you either have to vote for some people. You don't know who might really hurt those that you really want to elect or first in the division backing of Slate's that have been arbitrarily put together by people at this convention to me. This is the kind of a thing that you might expect from Dave Grohl. That's how that unions. Keep the distance from getting any any voice in the organization. That's not the kind of thing expecting Republicans. We've been fighting on furnace and dfl election laws since 1973. And I mean when you say that you must vote for people they whether you want to or not. It's a same kind of thing that I've been fighting for the last 4 years of the legislature and I'm sick of it. I am a republican. I'm going to support whoever or nominee for president is I haven't taken sides of the presidential nomination race, but by God, I want the Republican party to respect the right and dignity of the individual to vote or not book for whom they please State Senator Robert Brown of Stillwater Robert Forsythe Lee former State party chairman argued against Brown's Amendment. I'm come. 50 Cent I'm concerned with minorities. I'm concerned with all the people that make up the Republican party. But what we're doing at this convention is choosing 18 people to go to Kansas City to tell the nation who the next president of the United States is either Gerald Porter Ronald Reagan. Now, let's clear some of the brush out of this issue. It is not unfair to ask people to vote for 18. That's the number from Minnesota that's been allocated by the National Committee and the National Convention. That's what we're voting for. Is there anyone in this room haven't gone to Precinct caucuses County Convention District Conventions, the State Convention that doesn't know who's running for delegate or alternate the first people that told you the Reagan people are telling you the signs are all over and the bullet ballot proposal was easily defeated as it had been earlier in the rules committee the amendment dispensed with the delegates then voted on the main question a standing vote left the chair and out and call him is perhaps the most important vote of the convention John Moody called for a lengthy paper building process you announce the results over an hour later vomiting and favor. I was a substitute emotion and casting yes votes the total 787. Voting know which was to defeat the proposed amendment 877 as a return. Edit be determined that the proposed amendment has been defeated and a question now occurs on the main motion. That was the independent Republican convention chairman John Moody. So as we said the President Ford won the rules battle by a comfortable, but I actually rather close margin, but many think he may eventually lose the war by totally alienating Reagan supporters through the use of majority forcier all this is not to say that Reagan won't ultimately win any of the 18 at large delegates, but it will be infinitely more difficult under the rules as adopted. So now we know how that all-important balloting when I actually be conducted both Reagan and mrs. Ford will address the independent Republican gathering on Friday eliminari to the actual voting which is scheduled after supper with Bob Potter. From the Independent Republican state convention at the Saint Paul Civic Center. This is Dick daily.