Word: committeemen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even the commission is sure that more money would revolutionize the education of slum children. The committeemen were mindful, however, of the wry argument of Berkeley Law Professor John E. Coons, senior author of the most influential book in the current debate, Private Wealth and Public Education: "If money is inadequate to improve education, the residents of poor districts should at least have an equal opportunity to be disappointed by its failure...
...four of the school committeemen who voted against Frisoli promised to do so when they campaigned for office in the fall...
...Daley summoned the state's top political leaders to a marathon Sunday meeting to discuss the fate of Hanrahan. After heated argument, the caucus decided that Hanrahan had to go. Next day, Cook County's 80 ward and township committeemen met to vote to replace him on the ticket with Raymond Berg, chief judge of the traffic court. They had little time to make the change official. If Berg was going to qualify, they had to have about 6,000 names on petitions by 5 o'clock that afternoon. City business was ignored as jobholders scurried around...
...help. Father Leonard Burke organized the parents of about 200 children, most of whom continued to attend Fifield in defiance of the edict; school officials allowed them in the classrooms, though the children were not registered for credit. Picket lines were set up around the homes of school committeemen who had voted for the busing plan...
...reformers offset Mrs. Harris' two most obvious advantages by enlisting black Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm to nominate Hughes. Labor countered with what Hughes decried as "savage tactics." Some state committeemen were warned that unless they voted for Mrs. Harris, they could forget about A.F.L.-C.I.O. money for next year's congressional campaigns. The most powerful persuader, though, was Old Pro O'Brien. Rumors floated about that O'Brien would resign if Mrs. Harris was not elected. He personally swung at least ten votes only hours before the election...