Word: bossism
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...people of New York State expressed their revulsion and rebellion by repudiating "bossism" at the polls, it cannot be denied that Mr. Harriman's vacillating character and Mayor Wagner's indecisiveness were also repudiated. If Tammany Hall Carmine De Sapio slaughtered the ceremonial pig on which Mr. Rockefeller dined, Governor Harriman and Mayor Wagner served it to him on a sterling silver tray, with an apple in its mouth...
...leaders were not quite so sure. Right to work itself seemed to be holding its own in almost every state where it was a direct issue. And there was a real possibility that some of the voters urged to the polls by labor might themselves vote to curb labor bossism, the imponderable issue of election year...
...Labor Bossism. "Where leadership has been faithless in the fiscal management of union affairs, these conditions must be fumigated. The people of the U.S. deserve representatives who will pass such legislation...
...from-the-tenements screw manufacturer, and Democrat Thomas J. Dodd, 51, suave, quick-witted ex-FBI man, lawyer and wheelhorse Democrat, have hit nearly all of Connecticut's 169 cities and towns in handshaking campaigns. Eisenhower Republican Purtell points to his voting record, hits hard at union bossism. Middle-Road Democrat Dodd criticizes Republican foreign policy, has strong support from labor's Committee on Political Education. The outcome may hinge on the size of Democratic Governor Abraham Ribicoff's re-election victory...
McCormack has had governmental experience as President of the Boston City Council, but his name is not as familiar around the state as Herter's. He has denied the charge of bossism, and tried to patch up the party rift...