Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., chairman of the Senate constitutional amendments subcommittee, tells a news conference in Washington, Nov. 8, 1968 that in his judgment the direct popular election of the president is the only plan that is going to capture the imagination of the people sufficiently to stand a chance of adoption. He said, âäthe near brush with catastropheâä in the November 5 election points up a need to change the presidential election system. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)