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This time, however, it is reported that three councillors within the Civic Association's ranks are displeased with some of the City Manager's actions. The councillors, elected on a non-partisan, reform platform, believe that Atkinson has failed to carry through important programs, probably because Atkinson has felt that by submitting to the demands, he would cause the tax rate to climb...
...House of Commons traditionally elects its Speaker unanimously, so as to emphasize the non-partisan dignity of his office. But last week, smarting from their party's defeat at the polls, Labor backbenchers put up a rival candidate and forced a party vote. The result was the first Tory victory in the new Parliament: Shakes was elected Speaker...
...chance for a calm non-partisan examination of our internal security problem has been lost. It vanished last Saturday when President Truman regretfully accepted the resignation of the Nimitz Commission. This group of nine outstanding civilians headed by Admiral Chester Nimitz was to study our crazy-quilt security program and make recommendations for uniform standards and procedures. It was sabotaged by a single senator, one who makes a practise of subordinating the nation's interest...
...success is complex. Donald Spencer '26, past president of the group, and now one of its directors, considers its non-partisan attitude its most effective weapon. "The CCA is successful because it sticks to its purpose--to protect gains and progress already made in Cambridge under Plan E, and to originate or support new civic improvements. We stay out of partisan politics and national issues." Spencer also believes that "there is such a thing as a common denominator of decency, fair play, and honesty among the voters. If you've got the ability to find a trace of this...
While these two groups are both throwing all their efforts behind the non-partisan Cambridge Civic Association's slate of candidates, the Liberal Union is ignoring Cambridge and concentrating on the Boston election...