Word: ballotings
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...Idaho, laws have been passed that would cripple Chavez's organizing activities; they prohibit boycotts by farm workers, require farm-union elections before strikes can be called and hinder strikes at harvest time. Similar measures are included in an initiative that has been put on the California ballot by a combination of growers, shippers and the California Farm Bureau Federation. If a lettuce boycott can succeed under these circumstances, it may be that only Cesar Chavez can bring...
...always have to win," says another union official. "We supported Adlai Stevenson on principle because he was right. Being the underdog doesn't bother us." Union leaders also worry that failure to support the top of the ticket will hurt other candidates on the ballot and jeopardize Democratic control of Congress. Traditionally, labor can expect little aid and comfort from Republicans...
...current pop. 72,000). Though the amendment was voted down, concern is spreading. Denver now has more cars per capita than Los Angeles, and many Denverites are looking forward with dread to the 1976 Winter Olympics. A proposal to withhold state funds for the Games will appear on the ballot in November. Says Colorado Democratic
Question four on the November ballot, the amendment will state that its passage would allow the Legislature "to enact a law to permit the Commonwealth to make loans for tuition and board at any college, university or institution of higher learning to students who are residents of the Commonwealth...
Graham Taylor, vice chancellor for student affairs on the State Board of Higher Education, said yesterday that a "potpourri of loan programs have been introduced" into the legislature in the past. If passed, the amendment that will appear on the November ballot, by making such legislation constitutional, "opens up a whole latitude of possibilities," he said...