Word: voting
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WASHINGTON, July 24--Congressional Republicans, stalled in moves for a Senate investigation, were forced today to drop the idea of a House inquiry into Attorney General Clark's handling of the Kansas City vote fraud charges...
...Economic and Social Council, Soviet Russia successfully defended Hungary against a Cuban attempt to put the present Communist-dominated government of Hungary into the "undemocratic class in which the U.N. has put Franco Spain. The Council by 10 to 1 vote, with the United States abstaining, approved Hungary's application for membership in the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO...
Anti-poll tax legislation overrode an incipient filibuster in the House yesterday, as a 290 to 112 vote approved the measure and sent it on to the Senate...
This week, the Senate got down to voting on the income-tax reduction bill, which was repassed by the House last week with 26 votes more than needed to override the veto Harry Truman had promised (see The Presidency). When the vote came, it looked as though Harry Truman had won again. The vote, 60 to 32, was two short of the two thirds majority necessary to override...
...conference with local professionals, and a dinner given by Kansas Governor Frank Carlson. Dewey admitted with a grin that he and his family "have seen more Republicans in the last five days than I ever thought I would see in my life." Answering a question about the Kansas City vote frauds (TIME, June 16), he took a swipe at Harry Truman: "It is a national story-one of the most important in the nation today." Complimenting Kansas City on coming to grips with the Pendergast machine, he said: "With the help of the Kansas City Star, you have been able...