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...room in 2 Divinity Ave. to see an NROTC-sponsored showing of a movie prepared by the Un-American Activities Committee. The film, "Operation Abolition," "communist-inspired" students demonstrating last May against the Com San Francisco bearings. Its aim is to counteract the recent movement some liberal groups to abolish the Committee...
...Senate, where smaller states have a bigger voice, is unlikely to accept a constitutional amendment to abolish the college. The House, where big-state Representatives loom large, is unlikely to accept the proportional or district system. An equally formidable barrier is that a leading exponent of conserving the electoral system is the man who benefited most from it this year. Said Jack Kennedy in 1956, as he led the Senate fight against a proposal to reform or abolish the electoral college: "[The proposal] would be a breach of the agreement made with the states when they came into the Union...
Regardless of the judges' decision, the New Orleans school board is likely to be hip-deep in trouble for some time. Reason: in its frenzy the state legislature attempted to abolish the board and actually did cut off all state aid to New Orleans schools. Until the state turns the financial flow back on (normally 57% of the city's educational budget), the board lacks borrowing power to meet immediate bills. All this week, while schools are closed for a holiday (the combination of Thanksgiving and a teachers' convention), board lawyers will meet with bankers...
...Governor criticized more than Meyer's attitude on the draft; he went on to condemn what he called "Meyer's rote to abolish the Defense Department," and his votes against the Mutual Security Program which, he emphasized, "gives us to impoverished places." Here, gain Stafford misrepresents Meyer's record...
...down the state and I think I know a great deal about what Vermonters want. I aim at articulating their fundamental aspirations. And I think that if a referendum were taken tomorrow and the people were given half a page of facts about the draft, they would vote to abolish it. And on second thought, you can forget about that half-page of facts...