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...object of this collective condemnation is the venerable U.S. political practice of making every candidate for public office, from President down to town clerk, depend upon voluntary contributions to get elected. Often vilified but never seriously challenged, the system embarrasses and compromises both donor and candidate, openly invites corruption, and suggests to an increasingly cynical public that favors can be bought. Irrational and poorly regulated, the giving and getting are often done through sham committees, so as to preserve anonymity or evade ill-conceived laws. Much of this activity is furtive, although this year everyone seems to be talking more...
Lamantea himself tried to bring a criminal complaint against Vance's roommate for trespass, but the complaint was refused by the Cambridge City Clerk...
...Lansing, Mich., who voted for McGovern in her state's primary: "McGovern had to go back on so many things." Mrs. Elaine Daubner, a San Francisco librarian, says of McGovern: "Though I am a loyal Democrat, I don't trust him." Edward Sessa, a retired court clerk in Philadelphia, has shifted from McGovern to Nixon because "I don't approve of the people he's surrounded himself with...
...George Bliss, 53, veteran of many exposes and Pulitzer prizewinner. Bliss, who had done earlier stories on election fraud, got a break last spring when he learned of a vacant patronage job at the election board. Of 200 positions, only four were for Republicans, including the $20-a-day clerk's post. To fill it Bliss needed an "inside man" at the Trib, one who would not be recognized by city officials. He chose William Mullen, 27, who has only limited reporting experience. "His chief asset," says Bliss, "is that he is a very low-key but very alert...
...MONTH WENT BY and at the beginning of the Council session on September 11, Ackermann distributed copies of a letter of withdrawal received from Peterson. The City Clerk read the letter to seven councillors--Owens had not arrived--and many interested spectators...