Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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France faced its most important decision since 1940. Yet the campaign preceding this Sunday's Constitution referendum was strangely blurred. The speeches of party spokesmen did not bring home to French voters how the Communist master carpenters of the Constitution were on the threshold of a new phase of power...
...Ultimate Decision. On May 5 the French people will hold a referendum on the Constitution of the Left. The M.R.P., still at week's end the third pillar of the Gouin Government, seemed determined to campaign against it, though such action might force it to withdraw from the administration. If the people reject the proposed Constitution, they will vote, on June 2, for a new Assembly to draft another version. If they accept it, the June election will choose the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic...
...have none of it. For one thing, he had a direct stake because 1,500 of his union members now man the power plants and might be thrown out of work. Beyond that, the board's proposed action just did not suit him. Cried he: "We had a referendum when we bought the plants, let's have a referendum to see if we'll sell them." To enforce his wish, he threatened a strike on all New York City's municipal subways and privately owned buses-a strike which would make millions walk to work...
...even Columnist Fiorello LaGuardia (who was against the sale) burned Mike's ears with catcalls ranging from "unwise" to "blackmail." But New York's brand-new Mayor William D. O'Dwyer, elected last November with A.L.P. support, heeded the threat. He plumped for the referendum. Red Mike called off his strike...
...drifts offshore and northern sea communications are reopened, the islanders will go to the polls for their first national vote in 14 years. They will select 50 members to represent them in a National Convention which in turn will choose a form of government and refer it to a referendum...