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Despite the theoretical secrecy of the conclave, newshawks found it possible to report something of what happened. On the first ballot, Cardinal Pacelli received 35 votes, the scattered remainder representing three types of candidacies: a diplomat (Cardinal Maglione), a purely elected spiritual since leader the office (Florence's took its Cardinal present dalla spiritual leader (Florence's Cardinal dalla Costa), a non-Italian (Quebec's Cardinal Villeneuve). On the second ballot, Cardinal Pacelli received 40 votes, only two short of the required two-thirds majority...
...that a Department has a collective responsibility and should have a correspondingly collective authority. The administrative affairs should be conducted by a member in whom the staff has the greatest confidence. Therefore, we recommend that the Departmental Chairman, a permanent member of the staff, should be elected through secret ballot, by all members of the Department, and that he should serve a three-year term...
Each Department should set up a committee on appointments and promotion, which should be elected through secret ballot by all members of the Department. . . . The specific powers and duties of the committee should be restricted to investigating and recommending men for appointment, promotion, or termination of appointment, and its jurisdiction should extend to all ranks from assistants up to permanent positions...
...Investigation concluded over 30 years ago. Noting that in the 23 years since Metropolitan shifted to mutual status the management slate has never been opposed, Bill Douglas further noted that at election time it is customary for branch offices to instruct their agents to ask policyholders to sign election ballots. Last week more than a dozen Met agents claimed that it was general practice for them to sign the ballot themselves "in a more or less kidding spirit...
Additional nominations will be permitted for a period of four days after the first selections are published in the CRIMSON. This allows men who anticipated but did not receive nomination by the regular committee to get their names on the ballot...