Word: deverism
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...Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts, will speak to the Harvard Young Democrats at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, Stanley E. Tobin '53 announced yesterday...
...Dever is one of the three candidates the Harvard Young Democrats have endorsed. The others are Adlai Stevenson and Congressman John F. Kennedy...
...Dever's record has not been good. What the Democratic National Convention keynoter has done is simple: he has combined a bit of progressivism with a sloppy, easy-going philosophy that allows Deverites in and out of office to do pretty much as they please. Thus the Attorney General, who earns a salary of $18,000 from the state, reported a net income of $50,000 last year from outside activities. Attempts to limit these activities of the Attorney General have been squelched...
...have supported much of Dever's labor legislation, such as his liberalization of the Workmen's Compensation Act, added unemployment compensation benefits, and solid minimum wages. But Dever has profited as much as the labor unions, for labor feels it must reimburse him with support at election time. He is building a new state prison, he has virtually outlawed capital punishment. But when he had a chance to prove that he really believes in progressive penal methods, he turned his back and whimpered "what can I do?" This was when his Correction Commissioner attempted to oust the reforming woman superintendent...
...proposition of choosing between two men, neither inspiring or sincerely progressive. While the CRIMSON disagrees most vehemently with many of Herter's votes both in Congress and in the Massachusetts House, we favor Herter's election. We have reached this conclusion by simple cancellation: put Herter's record against Dever's and you have nothing except the awesome machine created during Dever's two terms in office, cemented together through the age-old mixture of a little favoritism with a good bit of monetary prodigality. Herter's election means the destruction of both the well-functioning machine and the clique...