Word: elections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unhealthy Prognosis. In Chicago Democratic Chairman Paul Butler purpled over the unequivocal approval of a re-election campaign given by Ike's surgeon, Major General Leonard D. Heaton, a scant ten hours after the operation (TIME, June 18). Butler condemned Republicans for practicing a "new science of politico-medicine." In Chicago Dr. David Allman, who last week was chosen president-elect of the American Medical Association, burbled (without examining any of the subjects) that the President would now be "in better physical condition than any of his opponents-Republican or Democratic-have been at any time in their lives...
...Parable. A year ago the British permitted Singaporeans to elect their own constituent assembly, kept control only of security (courts and police), defense and foreign affairs. The British hoped to get a democratic government with which they could make a long-term arrangement for final independence. What they got was a coalition left-wing government and a phenomenon fully representative of volatile, multiracial Singapore: Chief Minister David Marshall...
...income "dirt farmers." Today it argues that the American farmer has as much right to Government subsidies as the railroad and airline industries, clings to the motto: "True Parity for Real Prosperity." Says President Patton: "We will coordinate our efforts with organized labor. We will work to elect Congressmen, Senators and a President who will give agriculture a better break. We will give all candidates from the presidential ones on down our views, written and verbal. We'll furnish material for their speeches. We'll even write their speeches for them if they want...
...Undergraduate Athletic Council may re-elevate boxing to an intercollegiate level in a special meeting Monday night, it was learned last night. The group, meeting primarily to elect new members, will probably discuss the issue and may reach a vote...
...empire round the world, admission to the Mother of Parliaments was confined to inhabitants of the British Isles. Last week, in a historic shift, the House of Commons adopted a plan to make the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta an integral part of the United Kingdom, entitled to elect three members to the House of Commons...