Word: deverism
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Nobody loves a fat man and even fewer people love Paul A. Dever. Nevertheless the Governor is an appealing speaker and an overly-maligned official, and we were anxious to hear him speak before the Young Democratic Club--the old Young Democratic Club--yesterday afternoon in Littauer...
...front of the great white building a small group of Young Democrats had gathered, heads together as if caucausing. It was 1:20, ten minutes before Dever was scheduled to arrive. Stanley Tobin, president of the club, broke away from the caucus and greeted us. "It's a closed meeting," he said, "but the CRIMSON's welcome." He smiled and added, "I hope we don't give you anything more to write about.' We smiled back...
...most of the Young Democrats had come out of the Littauer lecture room where they were to hear the speech and were sitting on the steps or moving about nervously, waiting to welcome the governor. They all were Dever buttons and some sported two or three. Tobin, dressed in a sharply pressed blue suit, walked up and down the long path from the building to the street. He clutched a folded wad of paper which appeared to be introductory remarks of some sort...
...dispute started when Currey, who refuses to express preference for a Presidential candidate, started to war within the Young Democrats. Tobin, elected president last spring, had indicated he wanted the organization to endorse Stevenson and local Democrats including Governor Dever. But Currey didn't want to back local officials and even had reservations about supporting Stevenson...
...Council is safe from the commercial interests at least until June of 1953, when the F.C.C. will lift the channel freeze. Another force, however, may take over. Governor Paul A. Dever has announced the appointment of a committee to investigate the need for government intervention in the field of educational television...