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...Liberal Union and Radcliffe Students for Democratic Action will listen to results in the Leverett Junior Common Room from 9 p.m. on. The groups are hoping chiefly for victories in the Senate and on the anti-labor referenda...
...nine referenda facing Massachusetts voters today, only four--Questions 5, 6, and 7, the "labor referenda," and Question 4, the birth control measure--have provoked angry debate. Two other measures have also stirred up some controversy, but it is doubtful whether much of the citizenry even knows they are on the ballot...
Radcliffe's Students for Democratic Action, a student division of Americans for Democratic Action, has been canvassing voters in the various wards, urging that they register. The group has been working with the Harvard Liberal Union in an effort to help defeat the "anti-labor" referenda...
Dever's campaign also involves the tricky Massachusetts Transit Authority question. He has accused the MTA--and Bradford--of hiding a $9,000,000 deficit and of jacking up fares. Dever says the Republicans have failed to supply the Commonwealth with cheap water power. Referenda 5, 6, and 7, the labor bills, are pet peeves of Dever, and he has criticized the Governor's support of a 2 percent sales...
...stated that price controls were lifted too soon and that even though the Republicans emphasize "honest" government, they are spending money where quick profits can be made. Eliot finished by offering reasons why the three labor referenda should be voted down...