Word: deverism
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...gubernatorial candidate Christian Herter he described as a "wise, conservative gentleman and scholar. Dever is a plain front man for a bunch of thugs and robbers...
...wide open battle over state offices seems certain when the Liberal Union meets tonight to endorse candidates for the November election. Supporters of Governor Paul A. Dever, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. '23 and Representative John F. Kennedy, Jr. '40 are ready to state their cases before the meeting. Many members believe the Liberal Union should make no gubernatorial endorsement...
...Liberal Union supported Dever in 1948, but feeling against him has been high ever since the Governor signed the McCarthy-Dorgan "anti-subversive" bill last fall. The group had presented the Governor a petition against the bill signed by one thousand students, only to find that Dever had already signed the bill in secret...
...H.L.U. member, who desired his name be withheld, said he would resign from the organization if it backs Dever this year. Another, Martin H. Needler '54, called Dever "a bad choice between two evils," and suggested the group endorse neither he nor his opponent, Christian A. Herter...
...Dever's Republican opponent, Congressman Christian Herter, 57, has an excellent record as a leader of Republican internationalists in the House of Representatives. In his campaign Herter has put great emphasis on informal gatherings, and cannot hope to match the old-school political oratory which will be unleashed when Paul Dever's campaign gets fully under way. In an effort to keep Irish, Italian, Polish and French-Canadian voters away from Herter, Democrats have labeled Herter a "Yankee," which in the strict New England sense he is not; his paternal grandfather came from Germany and he was born...