Word: referendum
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...horses or bestow nylons indiscreetly. Beck and his Teamsters spend lavishly for civic and political purposes, e.g., a cool $1,000,000 pledged to the City of Hope Medical Center near Los Angeles, and (according to McClellan committee testimony) about $500,000 to defeat a right-to-work referendum in Washington State last year. With the notable exception of Washington's ex-Republican Governor Arthur Langlie (who began ringing alarms on Beck 20 years ago), most successful Northwestern politicians are beholden to Dave Beck. In 1946 Washington's Democratic Governor Mon Wallgren appointed Beck to the board...
...Council also voted to hold a college-wide referendum asking whether students think that Harvard should continue membership in the National Student Association. The referendum will be held on April 18, and will be preceded on April 17 by an open forum...
...result of the referendum is not binding on the Council, although Council Secretary Merom Brachman '58 said an overwhelming vote either way would strongly influence the Council to alter Harvard-N.S.A. relationships. The vote, however, is expected to be close and sparse...
...committee's action was countered by the calm justification of it by Anthony Galluccio, CCA-sponsored committeeman who favored the 17 appointments. Facing an antagonistic audience, Galluccio said, "I call my shots as I see them," and admitted that the CCA has "a good campaign issue" in the referendum against the appointments...
...Cambridge City Council decided by a 7-2 vote, with Mayor Edward J. Sullivan and Councillor Charles A. Watson dissenting, to place the question on a referendum. Sullivan and Watson had favored a special election April 4 to resolve the dispute...