Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Finally the members hoarsely decided on a secret ballot. Result: 303 upheld the action of the Comitia, 488 repudiated it. Although this action of the membership could not legally break the contract, it seemed clear last week that the rank & file had won. After a hasty conference, the retiring president spread the word that Dr. Hamilton would resign...
...Foolish? Professor Raymond Pearl, Johns Hopkins biologist, thought it might be a good idea to deprive people over 50 of the ballot, on the grounds that such persons are likely to be slugnutty and irresponsible. "The wisdom of the founding fathers," trumpeted he, "led them to the view that youngsters under 21 were, on the whole, too foolish to vote. But not having envisaged the possibility of such weird economic philosophies as 'ham & eggs' or '$200 a month,' it apparently never occurred to them that there might be an age beyond which people would also...
Last week the left-wing Oregon Commonwealth Federation circulated initiative petitions to get Franklin Roosevelt's name on the May 17 primary ballot. Federation officials maliciously challenged John Nance Garner to file in the primary, jeered: "If your Oregon sponsors have difficulty securing requisite signatures, we offer you assistance...