Word: directness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More was at stake than "Zillie" (who retains his seat in Parliament despite his expulsion from the party). Within the last fortnight over 60 Labor M.P.s have flouted direct party orders in voting on two major issues. With the recent string of Labor defeats in local contests, and a general election looming up next year, Attlee was at last forced to discipline the rebels. As the most cantankerous of them, Zilliacus had to go first...
...from the party, were five of the cabinet's parliamentary private secretaries* who had voted against the government's bill to establish Britain's relationship with Ireland. Said one of the purged, ruefully: "If you vote against the government on a 'three line whip' [direct orders from party whips to vote] you are sticking your neck out ... I have no complaint...
Next action was to vote that direct expenses of the drive should be subtracted from the drive total proportionately by allocations, and not added to Council administrative expenses...
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, is in the peculiar situation of being a hybrid university. It is private in most respects, but it has financial dependence on the state. This makes Rutgers University more uneasy about its actions than some private schools, but not so fearful of direct interference as most state universities...
...article criticizes the hyprocrisy of national fraternity officers who supposedly abide by "the fine moral and ethical precepts" of their organization's charters but who in practice firmly oppose admission of minority groups. Romer asks the question: "Should organizations continue that are in direct opposition to the ideals of our undergraduates and of our democracy...