Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...effort to "clear the name of the American Student Union in regard to Communism," Alan Gottlieb '41, President of the Harvard chapter, issued a call last night to the national membership asking for a referendum taking a stand on the Russian invasion of Finland...
Feeling that a liberal majority has been "steam-rollered" by a few into rejecting a motion condemning Russia's "aggressive" action on the theory that the motion would destroy the unity of the Union as a whole, the referendum seeks to reestablish the reputation of the Student Union on all campuses...
...National Referendum...
...organization to be found in its adoption of resolutions condemning the U.S.S.R? The Gottlieb amendment for condemnation of "Russian aggression" was fought and defeated on the Convention floor on the basis of its effect in bringing the United States nearer to war. The call for a national referendum of the ASU membership at this time merely distracts attention from the constructive peace program to concentrate on a minor and "moral issue." And to raise the cry of Communist domination is to join the Dies Committee and all others interested in splitting and disrupting the progressive forces fighting for peace...
...overwhelming majority of rank and file ASU members are now liberal, not radical. In their hands is potential control of the organization. First steps toward such control have already been taken: a National Liberal Caucus, headed by Alan Gottlieb, was formed at Madison, and under his leadership a referendum is being sought on the defeated resolution condemning Russian aggression...