Word: voting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your editorial, "Legislating Peace," you declared that a war referendum would probably bring a vote for war. Possibly such would be the outcome; but who can be more surely depended upon to keep us out of war than the mass of the voters? Still, as in 1917, they are the most pacific group in the nation after months of interventionist propaganda. Can we rely on the President after his disregard of the neutrality laws, after his Chicago speech, after the tone of his representations to Japan in the "Panay" incident? Or can we rely on the Diplomatic Service, as notoriously...
Returning to debate by a vote of four-to-one the convention routed the peasce-at-any-price advocates, revoked its support of the Oxford oath, adopted a belligerent "collective security" program. Thereupon all A. S. U.'s young delegates, having enjoyed themselves hugely marched out of Vassar singing Solidarity Forever...
Representative Ludlow proposes an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting Congress from declaring war, except in case of invasion, until the nation casts a favorable vote in a general referendum. Presumably he expects that the vote would be negative. The masses have never yet demonstrated calmness and clear thinking in the face of jingoistic propaganda, but even if the vote were negative, nothing would be solved. International conditions would change, and in a week another referendum would be necessary. While the nation was busy conducting Mr. Ludlow's weekly referendums, the central government would be paralyzed. As a peace measure...
...recent poll of the Football Writers Association Harvard received the highest rating of any Eastern college in respect to treatment of the newshawks. The Crimson got an 87.2 vote of confidence for the working conditions of newspaper men. Special mention was made of the press box in the Stadium...
...meantime the waitresses have forged ahead in their own campaign and will vote on the reports of their representative, Joseph Stefani at a meeting Wednesday. Still confident that a signed agreement would climax labor activity in the dining halls, leaders said that would make "another try" to gain recognition before releasing statements...