Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dramatic roll-call vote the Harvard Student Union last night endorsed material aid to England by a 74 to 71 margin, and adjourned in a maze of parliamentary red-tape...
Disaffiliation with the national organization requires a two-thirds vote of the membership, and although Gottlieb may get his policy approved, there is no likelihood of his getting a two-thirds vote to disaffiliate. This may leave the Student Union in the paradoxical spot of being affiliated with a national organization with which it is in fundamental disagreement...
...record of Mr. Thomas permits of not the least doubt of his sincerity and enthusiasm in the cause of liberalism. This year the Socialist party offers the voter's only chance to protest conscription, and to vote for an extension of democracy at home as the best defense of America. It is a protest party, hopeful not of victory, but of rolling up enough votes to bring pressure on the major parties...
...Those wishing to join at the meeting are urged to come early, as it will be difficult to add them to the list of those eligible to vote once the meeting has begun," the Executive Committee said. "A Credentials Committee has been appointed to insure that only fair and ethical procedures are employed in enlisting members...
...Gold Coasters opened the University's straw vote season yesterday with a trial poll, sponsored by the House Committee. Wendell Willkie, Republican nominee for President, finished first by the margin of 110 to 93, or 51.4 per cent to 43.4 per cent for Roosevelt. Norman thomas, Socialist candidate, received 3.75 per cent of the total vote with eight ballots, and Roger Babson and Charles A. Lindbergh both received votes. Over 80 per cent of the House participated in the poll...