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...tough Christmas." Playing his role up to the hilt, labor's great ham let almost eleven hours go by before he lumbered into the Hotel Roosevelt ballroom and grandiloquently announced his decision: the miners could work, but only three days a week. The 200 committeemen removed their cigars and said, "Amen." Then they packed their bags and went home...
...Would-be committeemen are allowed to campaign from next Monday through 10 p.m. Thursday, Peterson said. Actual voting takes place Thursday and Friday in Dudley and Friday in the Union...
...Fatal." One of the wildest came from young (41) Commander Eugene Tatom. Trying to show that the expensive atomic bomb had to be dropped accurately to be effective, Commander Tatom told the astonished committeemen: "You could stand in the open at one end of the north-south runway at the Washington National Airport, with no more protection than the clothes you now have on, and have an atom bomb explode at the other end of the runway without serious injury...
...incoming classes in the past have been served by a group appointed by the Dean's office in cooperation with Yard proctors, this fall each proctorial unit will elect its own representative. This group will in turn elect ten officers who are to act as a cabinet; officers and committeemen, with the advice of the Secretary of the Union and the Chairman of the Student Council Committee on Freshman Affairs, direct and integrate class activities...
...long run, however, the success of this year's Union Committee depends on the Class of '53. Its members must do the electing, and those elected will find serving a full-time job. Committeemen become leaders and gain useful experience for their labor, but they may be voted out of office if they miss meetings or go on probation, and they cannot campaign for other class offices...