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ca etre ae a wee Te Socata nse ene ee ten ce eee an cnet ae wn bene fun ah wens tnes it lmima te en SA wesnasnken a . een _ ° , . Mr. T }s0n.——— Mr. Mohr_-——— Mr. Parsans——— Mr. Deimont— Mr. Callahan— Mr. Me . Mr. N-Gus Mr. Rose Mr. Tem Mr. Tray - Mr. WC. fehivan Tele, Room_—___— Miss Gandy—— Plaquemines Parish Com-|leeality of the absentee tallotsvoters from ° exercising their[ plaints Are Cited at the rn an ! , ‘| omplaints * involving absentee ’ PEREZ STATEMENT ys. ballots cast in the first Demo- His statement in full follows:|Our parish absentee ballots are | cratic ‘pri in Pla ines| “Front page publicity is given|preserved as required by state! parish are presently under inves- in the afternoon States to ‘ajlaw by the clerk of court, ex- Mitigation by the department of statement from the . United|officio parish custodian of voting M justice in Washington, United States ‘attorney general’ office machines, If any federal at- REN States Atty. M. Hepburn Manylin Washington and New Orleans bina desivs to see them. the a said Thursday. that complaints by Plaquemines|" Si, I_be glad to, . apne sas * make them available so they ‘ parish citizens (evidently a 3: f The federal profecutor for the ie of disgruntled, defeated may be checked against the of. eastern district of Louisiana con-|COUP © _ ° - ficial tabulation of votes cast firmed that a number of com- parish candidates with Chep in the first primary. . . plaints concerning the unusually Morrison's blessings) werel’ «we again urge all voters in large number of absentee ballots made regarding absentee VOtINE Ipiaquemines parish who expect cast in the parish were received|in the Dec. 5 primary election|+, be out of the patish on elec-|t by his office. H id that they|!". Plaquemines parish showing} | by his ice ied and i re a total of 640 absentee ballots tion day Jan. 9, and who may sent to Joseph M. F. Ryan Jr.,/©45) . . do not vote absentee to be sure}. 7 PIM Z acting assistant attomey general “Unfortunately, more. absen-lto vote absentee and to vote}, Thi TIMES-PICAYUNE in charge of civil rights, to de-jtee ballots were not cast inisolidly against Chep Morrison DECEMPER 25; 1959 termine if there has been any|Plaquemines parish _becausejwith his Jimmie Hoffa-NAACP NEWORLEANS, LOUISIAN. violation of federal laws. more than 1000 qualified electors|Negro bloc combination. NEW ORLEANS OFFI Many. would not discuss the na-\in Plaquemines parish failed to; «Plaquemines parish s id CE mture of the complaints, but said'vote, many of whom were 0Utibe golidly against this singter: that they were made by a num-of the parish on election day. |Morrison-Hoffa- NAACP tifreati gag ber of Plaquemines citizens aitr| “The absentee ballots were|to our peace, happiness nd: = E the Dec. 5 primary. cast by a large number of|welfare and to Morrison's 11 PER CENT OF VOTES Plaquemines parish voters. whojthreatened interference in our, ”. Records of the secretary ofjere engaged in, offshore oil andjparish affairs as he has openly : am state’s office in Baton Rouge sulphur operations outside theldeclared.” . i show that 640 absentee ballots parish and some who are in the] Tally sheets show the follow-! were cast in Plaquemines, rep-jmilitary service, besides others/ing absentee voting, precinct! . resenting over 11 per cent of the who are employed elsewhere|by precinct, in Plaquemines, 7] / Ss 2 é) b —_ Z 5704 votes cast. By comparison, and who expected to be out of|(D-Davis; M-Morrison; R-W. M.|. : Mi only 1993 absentee ballots were|the parish on election day. Rainach): . of cast in Orleans parish; represent-- URGED 10 VOTE JAN. 9 Ward-Precinct D ing only 1 per cent of the total “Under Louisiana law voters UL vevncecsecesen 25 § vote of 169,705. ° 7 ZL ceccccccorcces 41 ; . who expect to be out of the] gi vcnencecee 66 In Plaquemines parish, guber-| parish on election day have 8) 44 seer eee’ natorial candidate Jimmie H. Da-lright to. vote absentee. This! 42 29 vis received 614 absentee votes,|right cannot be denied them by) 4g 5 "compared to only 25 for deLes-i_ few sore heads who may| gy ....cscccseose 24 iseps S. Morrison. The total vote|make complaints: to federal) g4 eepenennanenns mm in Plaquemines gave Davis 3822) government agents, the same as) 9.4 eee 20 : a pander H. Perez, Plaquemines) New Orleans district attorney's <4 cidict attorney and-chairman ofloffice before the first primary aati the parish Democratic committee,|election, with the evident pur- {issued a Statement defending the|pose of frightening qualified ee NOT REGORDED LF Jani 12 .ve9 apm neem oom Eee =—_— - ed LEANDER PEREZ,_SR. , | District Attorney, Plaquemines Parish, 73 senor cocascose 9 61 eaesererassesoe 89 10-1. scosccce Sl IZ seseeveroreere 1607 BIC SF rccogconaeood wenwonunousene S Totals sesosers ‘« 614 25 “os