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national Battalion/Page 5 June 23, 1982 lackers vow to reintroduce it re hat this is The true story that has captivated over 8,000,000 readers. ERA rejected by Florida Senate i United Press International TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The prida Senate’s rejection of the ual Rights Amendment appa- I kills its last chance for na- ratification, but angry ters vow to drive the “no” from office and federal kers say they’ll quickly duce the bill, e’re determined to turn igic day for women into ,” Eleanor Smeal, presi- f the National Organiza- r Women, cried at a rally ng packajt jter Monday’s 22-16 defeat — •yorconvewBifth time the ERA has been ■ packages «ed down in Florida, e centertoiBie refused to talk about any joint. his point cK je loaded io! plans to salvage the amendment — still three states short of ratifi cation — in the few days left be fore the June 30 deadline, but spoke of defeating the state senators who killed it. “We plan to challenge as many of the no’s as possible in the primaries and the general election, and we will challenge as many as possible with women,” Smeal said. Other ERA supporters said they would push for one more vote in Illinois to compile a simi lar list of lawmakers to replace. “We will no longer beg men for our rights,” Smeal said. “The next time they vote on equal rights, we will be there in equal numbers pushing those but tons.” Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., said: “It looks like we’re just going to have to start all over again. We’ll reintroduce the amendment and next time, I predict, the ERA will be ratified. Proponents of ERA now know all the tactics of their oppo nents.” The ERA supporters began chanting, “Vote them out, vote them out,” in the Florida Senate chamber when the decision was clear. Five people were arrested for trespassing when they block ed the doors to the chambers. Thirty-five states have approved the ERA but three more are needed before the deadline to make the amend ment part of the Constitution. Florida was one of four states where ERA backers felt they had at least a chance of success. But the amendment was killed by a procedural vote in North Caroli na, and the governor of Oklaho ma said he would not call a spe cial session of the Legislature to consider it unless two more states approve it. Illinois, the fourth state, still has not acted. Florida Rep. Roberta Fox, who had helped the amendment win approval in the House ear lier, said she expected nothing but woe from the Senate — “A dark place, a secret place, a place not unlike a cesspool.” Phyllis Schlafly, national lead er of Stop ERA, said from her home in Alton, Ill., “I’m very happy. There’s no other state to vote now and, of course, this is what we expected.” wins nation’s richest lottery prize „ Oman • somethiii| ier,” Nashtt e is vill earn 1 ill customer itJ ihe maydfcA pr than coni United Press International hersaid. 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