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...been paid on the gross profits before any of the surplus had been plowed back into improvements for the transit system; thus, the stock was for private investors highly profitable and secure. Inasmuch as a politically appointed board of trustees ran the company, these stocks became during the Curley regime a form of party patronge. So the State elimination of these dividends cut out a large portion of the system's yearly operating expenses...
...Mary E. Curley, as a guest of John A. Galey of Winnetka, Ill., will attend the Yale Junior Prom at Payno Whitney gymnasium Friday evening...
...know-but prison records aren't always bad politically. I knew in the Polish section in Detroit, if you've been to jail a couple of times, it helps a lot if you're running for office! And, for that matter, look at Curley." The governor laughed heartily...
...summary, if being opposed to Mr. Curley is partisanship, I suppose I am a partisan. But for from concealing partisanship of this sort, I intend to make the most of it. Charles R. Cherington...
...unduly in the direction of partisanship, I will be glad to make amends either privately or publicly, as he may wish. I might as well warn him in advance, however, that if he intends to persuade me that there is anything much to be said in favor of Mr. Curley or against the idea of driving Mr. Curley from public life, he has a considerable job on his hands...