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...functions roughly comparable to those of municipal councils, State legislatures, Congress, in the U. S. Originally committees formed in factories and towns when the Tsar's authority broke down, there are now 70,000 of them to whom delegates, not always Communist Party members, are elected by secret ballot in direct elections, but from candidates selected by the Communist Party. Over local Soviets are Soviets of townships, over them Soviets of regions, over them Soviets of the twelve national districts, nine "autonomous regions," 22 "autonomous republics" and eleven "constituent republics" into which the country is divided, all nominated...
...lanky Lowell House History concentrator is not, however, planning a purely literary career. In an interview yesterday he revealed that he wants to get into politics, if possible, via the ballot...
...called KFKB ("Kansas First, Kansas Best"). In 1930 the Kansas Medical Board revoked his medical license for "unprofessional conduct," and the Federal Radio Commission refused to renew his broadcasting license. Undaunted, Brinkley leaped into the Governorship campaign on a "vindication ticket," polling 183,000 votes on a write-in ballot. In 1932 and 1934 he again aspired to the Governorship, but was badly beaten both times by Alf Landon...
Fortnight ago every one of the members of the New York County Medical Society* received a ballot stating : "If under Proposition Four of [Senator Wagner's] . . . National Health Program, money is made available to New York State to provide care for the low-income earning groups, do you favor the delivery of this medical care by means of compulsory health insurance...
Last week when the votes were tallied, society officers found that nearly two-thirds of the 4,800 members ignored the ballot, failed to vote. Final figures: 1,286 against compulsory health insurance, 432 in favor...