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...constitutional "reform" dreamed up in 1934 to keep the Government of revolutionary President Gabriel Terra from shaking apart. The new Constitution arbitrarily gave three of nine Cabinet posts and an equal division of Senators to the leading opposition party (provided, as invariably occurs, that the two leading parties together poll a majority). This law has been a thorn in the democratically elected Government of President Alfredo Baldomir...
...Evanston, Ill., last week a band of serious, middling-to-elderly ladies, the brain trust of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, clucked appreciatively over a Gallup poll on Prohibition sentiment. After eight years of Repeal, 36% of the Gallup-checked electorate said they were willing to try Prohibition once again...
...costs-of-living. Above all, I'm certain all of us want no part of anything that smacks of "fiddling while Washington burns". As to any other changes that are suggested, I feel it imperative that the entire class be given the opportunity to express their views in a poll...
...results of the poll, showing the wishes of a cross-section of the student body, will be reported to Business Manager Aldrich Durant, who has indicated that some change in the present plan is forthcoming. Together with the Student Council committee working on the problem, the University will attempt to find a suitable plan that will satisfy both the financial needs of the Dining Halls and the appetites of the students...
Since, even before the poll was taken, Durant stated that restrictions on beverages might be removed, the 374 men who voted for seconds on that item are likely to get what they wanted. Durant has also said that ice cream may soon be allowed as a substitute for other deserts. But the main course seconds, which 181, students wanted most, will be more expensive, and there are as yet no indications that it will be granted...