Word: voting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...electorate favor some law against "allowing anybody to influence the vote of persons on relief either through coercion or promise of reward"; 70% favor prohibiting campaign contributions by Relief clients or officials, 60% would extend the ban to all Federal employes. (Dr. George Gallup's "Institute of Public Opinion...
...soon as Generalissimo Franco won the war, Italian troops would leave Spain. Since Il Duce has often found it convenient to forget his solemn pledges, this argument was not calculated to impress the French Left. The Government was slated for a rough time in the Chamber before a final vote is taken this week...
...about evenly divided on the money value of a college education. So FORTUNE reported last week after sampling public opinion on whether a high-school graduate with four years of working experience or a man just out of college has a better chance to earn a living. One-third voted for high-school graduates, one-third for college men. The rest failed to vote an outright...
WASHINGTON--Wary Senate leaders outmaneuvered the economy bloc today and obtained a unanimous consent agreement for a vote at 3 P. M. tomorrow on the McKellar proposal to restore President Roosevelt's relief bill to its original figure...
...economy advocates, led by Sen. Alva B. Adams, D., Colo., had hoped to delay the vote until their numbers are bolstered by several absentees who favor the House-approved $725,000,000 relief bill and would give them the margin for victory...