Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...action had been forced by circumstances. As provided by the Berlin constitution agreed on by the four powers after the war, new city elections were due to be held last Sunday. The Communists had taken a sore beating in the last elections (1946), winning only 20% of the popular vote and placing only 26 of their men on the 130-member Assembly. Now, with their prestige at its lowest ebb, they could not afford another free election. So Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky informed the Western commanders that Russia would boycott the Sunday elections; there would be no balloting in the Soviet...
...ordered the 26 Red members of the Assembly to the Admiralspalast, and filled out the rump convention with some 3,000 hand-picked delegates from Communist-controlled trade unions, splinter parties, women's and youth's groups. Each delegate was given a white card, to make the voting look impressive when they raised their hands. The leader, proposed that the present "undemocratic, reactionary city administration be dismissed." The white cards fluttered like snow on the wind; the vote in favor was unanimous. A candidate was proposed for mayor, and again the white cards waved. A list of proposed...
...looks now as though labor will vote for Truman," the Ambassador explained, "the farmers will vote for Dewey, Negroes may vote for Wallace, and parts of the South will vote for Thurmond...
...understand all that," said the Foreign Minister, "but what I want to know is, how will the cavalry vote...
...sports editor by vote of the board is Donald Carswell '50 of Eliot House and Brooklyn. Norman M. Hinerfeld 51 of Eilot House and Passale, N. J. was elected associate advertising manager...