Word: referendums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...purpose of the bill, which admittedly never stood the slightest chance of passing, was merely to record publicly the Reichstag's opposition to all such proposals, thereby clearing the way for a national referendum on this highly important question...
...balance scales rather unfortunately, for the interpretation put upon the vote of the University should have emphasized that Yale 'but stooped to truth' as it exists throughout the colleges of the country. Yale is not singular in sentiment or demeanor and the testimony of the recent referendum should be taken as universal rather than unique...
Then the two Senators argued the propriety of the New York state referendum...
...first importance as a leader of antiprohibitionists. But not all the blows last week were oratorically delivered. Overt acts: In Rhode Island, the House of Representatives passed a resolution requesting the Senators and Representatives of Rhode Island in the U. S. Congress to submit the question to a national referendum. In Wisconsin, the Butter Makers Association launched a campaign to line up all dairymen on the dry side, on the ground that a dry U. S. would spend millions more on milk than a wet U. S. In New York, the supposedly dry Republican majority of the Assembly was broken...
...What State officially recommended a national prohibition referendum? (See NATIONAL AFFAIRS...