Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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For the past five years, Everett Dirksen has worked with evangelical zeal to press for a second constitutional convention. He aims to reverse by amendment the 1964 Supreme Court decision that state legislature districts must be drawn equitably on the sole basis of population: one man, one vote.
Last week, the Cambridge Housing Convention, which had unsuccessfully addressed its own drive for rent control to the City Council supported a "yes" vote vote for rent control in November. The convention emphasized, however, that it was not endorsing the Peace and Freedom Party or its radical politics.
The housing convention might have been one force to help build it, but its battle for rent control convinced many of its members that rent control is the most urgently-needed measure. The loss of the battle appears to have induced many to switch to referendum campaign where their fight...
Furthermore, the votes of the "faithless five," as they have come to be termed, have alienated many housing convention members from the council; they feel that a majority of the council is not in favor of any real action on the housing crisis. The view is understandable since, for those...
After the decision on rent control became clear last Monday, several councillors asked the housing convention members to "sit down together with the council" to map out a concrete program on housing. The request may go unanswered, for much, perhaps too much blood has been shed over rent control in...