Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This referendum, unlike last year's, will be binding for future Freshman classes. If the outcome favors having officers appointed by the Union committee and Student Council representatives, passages in the by-laws of the Council will be altered to fit the new decision, and will remain that way in future years...
...casting its lot with the national body, for better or for worse, the Harvard chapter must strive also to see that it is "better" which wins. The Gottlieb "condemn Russia" amendment, already adopted by the local chapter, is to be voted on through a national referendum in the coming fortnight. The H.S.U. should do all it can to convince the general membership to approve the amendment, and thereby rebuke the pro-Soviet Convention. Only thus can the American Student Union erase from the public mind an impression which has done much to destroy the value of the organization...
Miss Gravell said that she "strongly disapproved" of the A. S. U.'s refusal to condemn the Russian invasion. At present she feels that Alan Gottlieb '41, who has sought a referendum in behalf of the Harvard chapter, will have but slight chance of persuading the A. S. U. to reverse its stand...
Gottlieb has taken on the job of the referendum, which is to be sent to all of the chapters throughout the country, as President of the recently formed Liberal Caucus of the American Student Union. Ten per cent of the membership of 7000 or ten per cent of their 100 chapters must back the petition for the referendum to be held...
...Once this referendum is passed upon our action will be very clear," Gottlieb said. "If we lose, there seems to be little future hope for the ASU, but our stand should be determined by what the Caucus members feel. If we win, the fight has only begun since those of us who were at the convention realize that the liberals must have an organizational framework if they are to exert their strength...