Word: curleyism
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...Curley Acts as Mayor...
...past three decades, the dominant figure in the scene has been James Michael Curley--he never leaves out the Michael. By statute, he may not succeed himself, but for the most part he has allowed Republicans to fill in the gaps so that no rival strong-man can appear in the majority party. The recent judgment against him by the Federal courts has not dampened the ardor of his adherents or his strength at the polls. When Curley returned from the courts, he was hailed as a hero and the man of the people by Bostonians. One of the first...
...Boston the same right. In spite of a defeat last year in the legislature, the President of the League holds high hopes for her bill this year. She points out that before the legal red tape of petition and referendum can be brushed aside three years will have clapsed. Curley's term as mayor will have expired, so that Plan E cannot be damned in Boston by Placing an anti-Curley label...
William L. Bruce '46 of Dunster House; Robert D. Cross '45 of Eliot; Robert A. Curley '46 of Dudley Hall and Dorchester; Joseph D. Everingham '49 of Kirkland House; Francis D. Fisher '47 of Adams House; John W. McNulty '48 of Lowell House; Jerome Preston, Jr. '44 of Winthrop House; and Thaxter Swan '45 of Leverett House...
Justices Henry W. Edgerton and E. Barrett Prettyman said they found no doubt of Curley's guilt but that even if they saw any doubt they would not be justified in overturning the jury's verdict. They upheld the lower court's refusal to direct an acquittal, which was the principal point attacked in the appeal...