Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...McMasters managed James Michael Curley's first campaign for Mayor of Boston. Mr. Curley rewarded him with a $5,000 publicity job but later fired him. In 1935, when Mr. Curley was Governor, Mr. McMasters tried to charter a pari-mutuel betting service, to get "for the State" some of the revenue pocketed by the horse-race bookies. Governor Curley's legal department turned him down. The next year Mr. McMasters ran for Governor as candidate of Father Coughlin's Union Party. His reappearance this year as a Townsend Planner had definite nuisance value to both Candidate...
...garish light of these two facts shows up the majority of pension promises as cheap electoral bribes. Only thus can the action of Massachusetts Republicans be interpreted, whatever the righteousness of their cause against Curley. Moreover, a unique feature--the arousal of false hopes in the hearts of many old men and women, the ugly delusion involved--makes such a bribe doubly reprehensible. Principles of humanity are at stake...
Ever since the bill was enacted under the Curley regime four years ago, Mather has fought openly against the legislation which requires all teachers and instructors to take an oath supporting in the constitutions of both nation and state...
With the announcement by a small but politically active group of the Faculty, led by Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, that they would work to send candidate James M. Curley back into oblivion, prospects for a lively campaign were definitely enhanced...
...issue is quite clear", said Mather. "Saltonstall has pledged himself to work for its repeal, while Curley, of course is thoroughly in favor of the measure". Committing himself to personal support of the Republican candidate, the Geology I lecturer admitted that only lack of time had prevented that only lack of time had prevented organization of a Faculty committee to oppose the former Governor...