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Italian Communists mustered an 18.9% popular vote at the last elections, have only 104 of 556 seats in the Assembly. Their strength lies in the fact that (in alliance with Pietro Nenni's Socialist Party) they control Italy's federation of trade unions, the Confederazione Generale del Lavoro. The Confederazione's Communist Secretary-General Giuseppe di Vittorio, a wiry, steel-jawed veteran of Spain's International Brigade, wields the vast strike power of the Confederazione's six million workers...
...Confédération's six million workers. French Communists, through unions directly controlled by Communists, can stop key industries, including metals, light & power, railroads, building, mines, chemicals, textiles, food processing, communications. The constant threat of a general strike permits the Communists (27% of the popular vote) to keep any French Government from adopting foreign or domestic policies contrary to the essential interests of the party-or Russia...
Constitutional reform has been effectively brought to a halt for an indeterminate period by the refusal of over half the students in the College to vote during the past two-day plebiscite, final returns showed late last night...
...next move is up to the Council," shrugged Weld. "It is in favor of a majority of the provisions of the new document, and under the existing constitution, which is not inactive until voted inactive, the Council may by a two-thirds vote ratify the new constitution even though it has not been approved by the student body. The only requirement is that the new constitution be posted for a period of thirty days, and this one conforms to that ruling...
Widespread apathy contrasted with these cases. Low unit on the poll was Dudley, where only 47 out of a possible 300 votes were registered. Ballot-box custodians reported complete scorn in many cases. Yardlings plagued vote-tailliers with numerous "go to hell" comments, while among the Houses, Kirkland stood out for several charges of "clique" written in on the ballots...