Word: campaigning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This year's Cambridge municipal election is distressingly quiet. But beneath the veneer of a routine campaign--one with no live, city-wide issues, one in which no top candidates have spoken out too loudly on anything, and one in which the incumbents are highly favored to retain their seats--Harvard University has a vital interest...
...essential tone of the entire CCA organization, platform, candidates, and campaign stems from Harvard. The University's influence, in the broadest sense of the word, is the influence behind the CCA. In no way does this mean the University supports the CCA financially; rather both Harvard and the members of the CCA have similar goals. This seems reasonable since the most significant faction within the CCA has some sort of Harvard connection...
Despite its tremendous public relations campaign to convince voters it is not dominated by Harvard, the CCA's tone and general attitude unmistakably corresponds with the University's. It disdains the demagogue, the smearer, the emotionally tinged campaign. Physically, the CCA accomplishes its goal through a proportional representation system of voting, where voters select their candidates in order of preference. Through the complicated counting process the CCA finds its elan vital--representation on the nine-man City Council and the six-man School Committee...
...prove the point, Walter J.'s principle campaign posters say: "Make no mistake. Vote for Walter J. Sullivan." The CCA's long-standing pressure to push voters away from choosing strictly the Sullivan name might backfire this year. In this election the CCA has endorsed two Sullivans, Edward T. for Council and Charles M. for School Committee...
This prediction is further enhanced by the current issueless campaign, when large groups of citizens are not aroused to vote as they were two years ago. At that time a School Committee issue concerning 17 controversial appointments stirred the CCA virtually to demand that the education of the city's children not be subject to personal political feuds. In 1957, there at least was an issue of the "ins" versus the "outs...