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Even before the roistering days of James Michael Curley, Boston was not noted for the sobriety of its politics...
...claminess to the Harvard tradition of the early '40s, capable of gluing ardent faith in the New Deal and proper Republicanism together. When the Class of '42 were freshman, a delegation of "seven Harvard liberals and two Radcliffe New Dealers" went to call on flamboyant Boston Mayor James M. Curley. They were going to urge him to adopt a New Deal platform in the interest of "the Middle Class voting block," the CRIMSON said, "which Curley has reached only slightly, but which might be a valuable asset to him in the coming campaign for governor...
They caught Curley at his headquarters, writing his convention speech. "What schools are you from?" Curley asked. They told him "God help you," he replied, and went back to his speech...
...were dramatic. The Irish Catholics of Massachusetts split wide open, deserting Democrat Edward McCormack by the thousands to re-elect Italian Republican John Volpe, who had been a good and popular Governor. Volpe even took that oldest Irish stronghold of all, Boston, city of "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and James Curley. In New York, the Democrats followed the ethnic book by put ting an Italian (Frank Sedita) on the ticket as attorney general, but Rockefeller handily carried the Italian vote...
...Boston Irish. His graceful gentlemanly style as well as his willingness to campaign among the Irish have often been cited along with his refusal to be cowed by their glib politicians. Once, shortly after South Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade, Boston's Mayor James Michael Curley told Saltonstall at a public meeting that the secret of Saltonstall's success was that he had "a South Boston face." Saltonstall smiled and replied, "Ah, but, Your Honor, it's the same face before and after elections." Curley who was the master of repartee just stood there with his mouth open...