Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senate hoped to reach a final vote on the bill this week. Its actions to date seemed to indicate that nothing so strong as the House's Hartley bill would reach the President's desk...
...Dance. Herbert persisted. Finally he forced a vote on one amendment. He mustered only 31 of the Opposition (against the Government's 346). But he stuck to his popgun and in the next three hours forced 15 more voting divisions, kept the members trudging to & from the voting lobbies. (It was a trying night for one-legged Transport Minister Alfred Barnes, but he made all 16 round trips on his cork...
Ramadier announced that he would ask the Assembly for a vote of confidence. As the debate opened, the Communists made light of the crisis. Portly Duclos was at his wittiest. He urged that the workers' wages be boosted at the expense of employers' profits. Said he: "You know, it is a mistake to think that the principle of profit-taking was established on Mount Sinai, amid thunder and lightning...
...Class Committees' vote gave a green light to the new Album's co-chairmen to work on phases of the book, which were held up pending action on the proposal...
...Harvard representatives again concurring; (3) suggested a different procedure for affiliating with such organizations as I.U.S.--Harvard concurring; (4) favored functional regional representation over proportional, provided there is a new delineation of regions--Harvard concurring; and (5) came to no conclusion on whether organizations within NSO should have a vote--Harvard delegates dividing...