Word: abstentionism
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The Deputies seemed somewhat sobered by the world's reaction to their 280-259 rejection of German admission to the Western European Union. The moderates, a 115-man group of splinter-party Deputies, met and decided to "dose" the vote: shifting some abstentions to yes and some negative votes...
Former Premier Antoine Pinay declared that he, too, would abstain. So did Reynaud. Suddenly, the move to take refuge on the sidelines of abstention gained momentum. "Elections are only 18 months off," explained one observer. "If, by then, rearming Germany still worries Frenchmen, the abstainers can say, 'Don'...
Patriotic Plea. Virtually alone, Mendes fought back. "Our allies are already considering rearming Germany without us, and in September they were on the point of doing it without limitations or controls," he argued. "If we refuse it, they will do it just the same." Deputies hooted in disbelief. Had they...
The Long Night. At midnight Mendes asked a vote on the treaty provisions which authorized German rearmament and admission to the Western European Union. The M.R.P. demanded a recess. For three hours Mendes confidently sat on the front bench scanning newspapers while the M.R.P. conferred. de Menthon argued for an...
Recommendations for the move came directly from a Council report on the present status of the College's public relations, prepared by James G. Hatcher '56 and Charles L. Edson '56. The Council approved the report by a vote of 12 to 0, with one abstention. Yesterday's Council vote...