Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Calmly choosing to forget the form letter sent to all Massachusetts judges requiring them to submit a report of their age and the state of their health, Governor Curley has explained himself out of one of the most embarrassing situations that even he has ever managed to blunder into. In a statement that is an insult to the intelligence of any but a Curley-appointed, democratic judge, the buffoon of Beacon Hill staunchly avowed that his intentions behind the proposed ouster of all judges over seventy were inspired by an utterly altruistic desire to relieve poor old men "with failing...
Such mealy-mouthed phrases will never deceive anybody. Curley began his administration by sidestepping an investigation of his career as Mayor; one wonders how far he expects to go in spiking the guns of any opposition. The Governor has been called a "cheap imitation of Huey Long", but he may turn out to be an extremely expensive imitation of the late lamented Kingfish if Massachusetts voters fail to take warning from the signs that now point to a future government that will be fascistic in all but name...
Recent developments in the Curley bombing outrage came last night with the issuance of a statement by Dean Hanford concerning the attitude of the University toward undergraduate bombing. Dean Hanford produced the statement which follows in response to inquiries into the Governor Curley vs Harvard Freshmen candy bomb case. The statement is: "Following the University's usual policy, no statement concerning disciplinary action on undergraduates will be made...
...Harvard Freshmen were arrested by State Police and later released for sending a fake bomb to Governor Curley. The two taken into custody were Coorge M. Davis '39, Weld 28, who lives in Buffalo, New York, and Leonard Farmer, Weld 37, who lives in Amherst, Farmer was found to be the culprit, but no action was taken after he signed a statement admitting guilt in the matter. The fake bomb was sent Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock from Harvard square. Davis' name was signed to the package...
Farmer's statement is as follows: "In retaliation for a certain practical joke played on me by G. M. Davis, I sent in his name the so-called joke bomb consisting of candy, and alarm clock, and excelsior to Governor Curley, hoping to embarrass Davis with unwanted publicity...