Word: curleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Curley went on to state that "although there is undoubtedly a liberal movement in Harvard, children usually reflect the opinions of their parents, and for a student to attend Harvard University of necessity means that his parents must enjoy some degree of affluence, as well as influence, and in this state the affluence, as well as the influence, have always been identified with the Republican party...
...parting shot, Mr. Curley contributed the remark that "although politics is one of the most worthwhile fields a young man can enter, in proportion to the energy and talent expended it is the most poorly paid...
...University are eligible to take part in this straw vote, which is both a forecast of the approaching state elections and a referendum on the New Deal. On the ballots the question which refers to the campaign for the governorship carries the names of three candidates: Bacon, Curley, and Goodwin, respectively the Republican, Democratic, and Independent nominees in the three-cornered gubernatorial battle...
Former Mayor Curley's method of campaigning is almost enough to induct him as unworthy of the Governorship of Massachusetts, even if no consideration is made of his record as Mayor of Boston and as a politician. Mr. Curley's tactics are similar to those of a parasite existing by living off of a large fish. In this case Mr. F. D. Roosevelt plays the part of the fish. Mr. James Roosevelt and Postmaster General Jim Farley constitute a weak kind of sticking plaster that keeps the parasite clinging to the fish. The fish, however, like real fish that carry...
...money from the HOLC, CWA, or any other alphabetical combination to vote against a New Dealer. There is something quite doubtful in the ethics of allowing those on Federal relief to vote in Federal elections. Of course Mr. Roosevelt would no more point this out than he would repudiate Curley...