Word: bossism
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...minority President, Ponce seems to be well aware that in order to serve out his term he must carefully avoid provoking the suspicious, disgruntled Liberal majority. In his inaugural address last week, he sounded more liberal than the Liberals, promising to end "feudalism, absentee-landlordism and bossism," and declaring that the time had come "to give land to many ... to take away from our dialectical revolutionaries any pretext for their adventures...
...contrive to become a "boss." With one lone. Democratic governor during this century, it is obvious that the California G.O.P. has a most effective organization, while we California Democrats have idealistically avoided any sort of similar autocratic controls−hence the GOPers have won the elections. Hurrah for intelligent bossism...
...said kind things ("He has a style of campaigning which I like to think is my style of campaigning"). Meyner blandly denied that his organization was trying to impose its will on the voters. Said he: "I am not one of those who think that leadership is synonymous with bossism...
...California, the situation is strikingly similar to that in Minnesota. Practically all of the party organization leaders are for Stevenson. Already Kefauver's familiar charge of bossism is beginning to sting. As in Minnesota. Kefauver appeared to be building strong support. Said Los Angeles Attorney Claude E. Young, treasurer of the Kefauver State Committee...
BOSTON HERALD: THERE are many indications that the big factor in the vote was not Democratic bossism or Republican indifference but agrarian discontent. Senator Kefauver outbid Mr. Stevenson on the issue dearest to the rural voter, farm aid. The Republicans would do well to pay more attention to farm sentiment and putting across their essentially constructive farm policies...