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...elections in 13 of the 20 States gave a great victory to the Bloque Bolivariano coalition which favors the Lopez Contreras policies, led most of Venezuela to hope that the era of political liberalism would continue indefinitely. Venezuelans do not elect their President directly, but vote for municipal councilmen & State legislators who elect Lower & Upper Houses, who in turn elect the President...
Following the report of Spencer A. Klaw '41, chairman of the Educational Committee, the Councilmen unanimously approved the principles outlined in the Education Report and expressed the hope that the Faculty would take action along the lines recommended, which include the establishing of several compulsory broad introductory courses for Freshmen...
...half an hour passed with no sign of the missing 16, things began to look serious. An hour passed. As he fidgeted impatiently the roar of a gathering crowd swelled from the Calle Presidente Zayas below. Then an excited aide rushed to the Mayor, whispered that recalcitrant, anti-Batista councilmen were rumping it in the Municipal Building across the street. Outside the noise grew louder. Someone broke a window. Someone aimed an uppercut at the offender's jaw. Soon the air was full of fists...
Soon after Repeal, licensed New York retailers formed the Council, whose 900 members are 80% of the city's stores, half all those in the State. Already semi-monopolies because of State licensing laws, councilmen saw a chance to make real money when the Feld-Crawford Act was passed. Negotiating with the distillers, they obtained a uniform 40% retail markup, a 4 to 20% discount for large purchases besides. Under this scheme Council members could buy $1 liquor from the distiller for as little as 80?, resell it for $1.40, while their operating costs averaged less than...
Next month, Newmark's angle became a crowbar. The Federal Trade Commission took it up, aimed it straight at the Council's entire 40% machine. Councilmen denied the charges, wailed: "It is the distillers who establish resale prices...