Supporters of an amendment to the Massachusetts Sunday closing law, which would exempt Jews and Seventh Day Adventists, expressed hope today that the measure, which was defeated last week in the House, would have better luck in the Senate.
The lower chamber rejected the amendment by a vote of 108 to 104. The measure had been reported out to the floor with a favorable report of the Legislative Committee on Mercantile Affairs. Rep. Freyda Koplow, author of the bill, pleaded with the House before the vote, noting that such an amendment had been declared constitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court.
Rabbi Samuel J. Fox, representing the Massachusetts Council of Rabbis, stressed that the narrow margin of defeat indicated a gain over the votes mustered last year when the bill previously had been rejected.
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