Word: voting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alphabet Militia. When, beginning July 17, 1936, Army garrisons all over Morocco and Spain revolted under their officers' orders, Leftist political groups in Spain were not entirely unprepared. Wiseacres had believed that civil war was inevitable ever since the February elections gave the Rightist parties a popular vote of 4,696,000 to the Leftists' 4,356,000, but, owing to Spain's peculiar electoral system, gave the Leftists control of the Government with 296 seats in Parliament to the Rightists' 177. The Rightists correctly assumed that over to them would go most troops of Spain...
...threat resulted in the calling of a referendum on a $550,000 bond issue to raise salaries, repair buildings, hire more teachers. To vote in San Antonio, however, citizens must be on the tax rolls, declare property valued at $10 or more. This presented a problem to the city's low-paid teachers, who own little besides personal possessions. The resourceful teachers solved the problem, however, by hastening to declare the personal property that tax-dodging citizens ordinarily do not list. Blonde, comely Lee Ray Chandler listed her cello. Janitor C. C. Woodward declared his cow. Teacher...
...vote of the Student Council last night the annual Freshman elections for class office will take place in the latter part of March and not in February. The change goes into effect with the present Yard group...
...prefer private to public charities. Relief has been proved to be more efficiently administered through local than federal or state bureaus. Wages should be so low that workers will be glad to return to private employment. We favor depriving all persons on relief of the right to vote, until they again become self-supporting...
That all conservative undergraduate opinion is not necessarily unoriginal or dull seems amply proven by the recently published platform of the "Young Conservatives." Any organization which states: "We favor depriving all persons on relief of the right to vote until they again become self-supporting" is cooking food for thought and discussion. We may not agree with all their fifteen suggestions for better government; but if they can begin a virulent argument with such an organization as the Student Union, may the battle rage with long and sensible fury...