Word: referenda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...formulate activities, but "there is scant initiative, to put it mildly," he said. "What is needed is a breakdown of the Executive Committee into smaller groups responsible for activities, consistent policy statements, and cooperation with the state and national party. We have to reach the membership, perhaps through frequent referenda and a newsletter presenting experts' views on national issues as well as rehashes of campus meetings and speakers," he said. "Such a program might overcome much of the wishy-washy thinking now dominant among members...
...such referenda across the country, it comes during the last nation-wide series of elections prior to the 1968 presidential contest. It will be watched as an indicator of public opinion...
...Dooling decision can be assaulted, with a good chance of success, in two ways. The Court contends that unless the applicability of the initiative is limited, the city will be flooded with expensive and trivial referenda. Surely, though, it is expensive to collect names and have correct papers drawn. Presumably it takes more than a burst of pique to goad anyone into organizing a referendum...
...people are found, Alperovitz said, the next step will be the formation of "discussion-action" groups in the community to study the war. He hopes the people will subsequently undertake such political actions as pressing their Congressmen to hold open hearings in the community on the war and getting referenda opposing the war on the ballot in local elections...
...issue is whether the strategy has worked. In large measure, the segment of the white population assumed sympathetic to Negro rights, white liberals, as represented by the New York Times, have opposed all major protests, especially those in the North, e.g. the March on Washington and school boycotts. Further, referenda which would guarantee Negro constitutional rights have been defeated or narrowly passed, e.g. Cambridge, Maryland, and Kansas City, Kansas. In addition, public officials have received more votes when they actively opposed Negro demands, e.g. Hicks in Boston and Wallace in Wisconsin. Moreover, white organizations specifically opposed to Negro rights...