Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe it is unethical," Forbes stated, "and until a referendum is held. I have no intention of paying this...
Massachusetts voters yesterday turned down the three State labor-curbing referenda by substantial margins. The birth-control referendum, in a tight vote, appeared to have lost early this morning...
Opposition comes from the Massachusetts Civic League, which refutes the referendum with two arguments. It says that the permanency of the amendment would make it impossible to use the Highway Fund for any other purpose in case of a local or national emergency. The League also objects on principle to a single purpose tax. Taxes on banks do not go solely to government banking services, the opponents say, so why should auto users get back their own taxes...
...reviewed the work her group has done in the political field recently, and mentioned that several girls have been busy distributing pamphlets on behalf of the birth control referendum. The League also polled the Annex student body on the national election...
Radcliffe's student body has voted to abolish assembly by a 5 to 1 majority, results of an all-college referendum taken in Agassiz and the dormitories revealed last night. Instituted in 1945 as a legislative group and a sounding board for student opinion, assembly consisted of 100 members from all four classes. The vote confirmed Student Council feeling that assembly no longer served its original functions...