Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Council has traditionally been apolitical, concentrating on extended arguments over the purchase of color television sets and the sponsorship of sherry parties. This year a few members tried to enliven the group by suggesting some vaguely political activities. After persistent stalling, the council finally agreed to conduct a referendum on the Vietnam...
White notes that the GSA referendum, as introduced, contained the phrase "The GSA, speaking for its members..." "It would be point to allow non-GSA persons to influence this motion," he says. Moreover, he asserts that the poll "has sufficient latitude that a person can come much closer to expressing his true feelings...
...Council leaders feel that politics are completely outside the Council's realm and they opposed the referendum from the beginning...
...activist, had worked on the social action committee and on Feintuch's biweekly newspaper, the Graduate Bulletin. But he was not yet a Council member. Last month, then-president Budelis promised that Schwartz would be appointed to fill the next vacancy on the Council. By early February, however, the referendum controversy was steaming. In a surprise reversal in-coming president Munyon chose Jon L. White, Budelis's roommate, not only to take Schwartz's place on the Council, but to immediately assume the job of secretary...
...referendum clash and the battle over the Bulletin are both crucial points of departure in the GSA issue. The referendum, if it fails to pass, may well be the last attempt for a long time to make over the Council into a partially political animal. And Feintuch's support is eroding on all sides...