• The Swiss parliament has approved a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote for the first time in Swiss history. But the vote was so close that the amendment, to become law, must first be approved by a national all-male referendum, an eventuality which our Helvetian expert informs us is extremely unlikely. Well, he may be right. But we can’t help thinking that if Swiss suffragettes are worthy of the name, a lot of Swiss fathers, husbands and brothers will spend the next few months finding out what armed neutrality really means.
• Senator William F. Knowland has declined to be thrown on the defensive by the results of the California primary, in which Attorney General Pat Brown, his Democratic opponent for the governorship, ran far ahead in total popular vote. Mr. Know-land promised a party strategy meeting that, with Congress in adjournment, he would wage a full-time “aggressive” campaign with Mr. Brown the head-on target. Disregarding the advice of the Modern Republicans, he pledged that “voluntary and democratic unionism,” right-to-work and all, would continue to be a key issue.
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