Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long-range rehabilitation under ERP (the Marshall Plan) was an entirely different matter. Illinois' Leslie C. Arends, Republican whip in the House, proposed that a national referendum be held on the question: "Are you willing to pay your share of the Marshall Plan if it means a minimum of 10% increase in your cost of living, a withholding tax of at least 30% of your pay instead of the present 20%?" This was only the beginning. If Bob Taft had his way-and kept heading the way he seemed to be going-ERP was in for serious trouble...
...sufficient funds." The auditorium and activities space in a Memorial Center, the expansion of hygiene facilities, and the additional scholarships would each satisfy a distinct shortcoming in the University. Although the Memorial Center is of course the more desirable choice, the lone fact that serious controversy exists renders a referendum appropriate. This step would surely put the issue on a level beyond petty bickering and the sort of ill-feeling that debased the Memorial Church episode following the last...
Asserting that the most difficult part of the project still lies ahead, Richard said that the referendum has awakened widespread interest in N.S.A. and that "the organization will start to work immediately to show students just how it will affect the College...
...Student Council, which ordered and supervised the referendum, will next week communicate the results to N.S.A. headquarters at Madison, Wisconsin, where the College will be formally added to the organization's new charter...
Five more New England schools became members of the National Student Association yesterday, as Radcliffe scheduled a mass meeting to consider affiliation with the group and Council members completed plans here for the College-wide referendum Wednesday and Thursday...