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Logrolling. The House vote in March to cancel the SST had been a close 215 to 204, with twelve not voting. Moving quietly to avoid arousing the anti-SST forces, Ford issued blunt and personal appeals, concentrating on Republicans who had earlier voted against the plane. His basic pitch was party loyalty, backed up sometimes by plain logrolling...
...Georgia's John Davis, originally an opponent of the SST, Ford declared: "If you want support on that guaranteed loan to Lockheed, you'd better vote with us." With the Administration soon to send up a bill providing Government backing for a $250 million loan to Lockheed Aircraft, which employs 20,000 of Davis' constituents, the Georgian voted yes for the SST. Republican John Thomas Myers of Indiana was an easy switch. "He wants to go to the air show in Paris," a party leader said, meaning that the House leadership could prevent Myers from making...
Thus, unexpectedly, a routine vote to pay off the contractors became a decision to try to fly the SST again. Just before it was taken, Democrat Sidney Yates...
Illinois, a key figure in the earlier House defeat of the SST, was in the Speaker's lobby. "We've got a chance," he said hopefully. "I've got a couple of guys I think I can switch." Ohio's Donald Clancy, a Ford henchman, overheard him. "We've got some more," he told Yates. Yates sagged, for he realized that the Republican leaders had more votes in reserve than he did. "God damn you," Yates said halfheartedly...
...formal roll call, a majority of members on the House floor opposed the SST, but Ford had persuaded six Republicans to vote "present" instead of "no." That made the difference. "They used every trick imaginable," said Massachusetts' Silvio Conte, the G.O.P. leader of the anti-SST faction. "They twisted arms! What's changed since March? Nothing! Nothing...