Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lund was a compromise. C.I.O. leaders had hoped the President would appoint their little redheaded big shot, Walter Reuther. A.F. of L. bosses wanted almost anyone else. When Lund was suggested, they settled in jigtime...
...council which will take over soon after its election, will appoint the quota of members, and elect its officers immediately, to take office at once, as opposed to the former system under which the new Council was not officially in office until the following year...
...Juniors and three Sophomores will be elected next week. After these men take office, they will appoint five more Juniors, and three Sophomores to fill out the Council...
During the war Britain would direct India's defense, but India would appoint a member to Winston Churchill's War Cabinet. At the end of the war, elections would be held for the provincial legislatures. The lower houses of these bodies would then sit as an electoral college to choose, by proportional representation, a constitutional congress. The 562 semi-autonomous Indian States would be invited into this congress with proportional representation. States or provinces which did not agree to the new constitution could agree on separate constitutions, which would be equally recognized by Britain. Thus the door...
Voting at lunch and dinner on Friday, the Yardlings will choose 10 men, who will then be divided by the Student Council between the two committees on the basis of their qualifications. The chairman of each of the groups may appoint more members if he so desires...