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Guenther is only one of the Harvard persons in the campaign hierarchy. Arrold Waters '71 is the head fund raiser, while Alan Gerlach '71 is chief statistician. "Gerlach's one of the few persons I wouldn't challenge to a political nonsense contest," DiCara said Monday, extending a rare compliment. Chip Moore '72 will also have a big role this summer. Cindy Johnston, who will do a poll for DiCara, is a Wellesley student. But DiCara claims to have less aristocratic types working at the important grassroots level...
...uniqueness of the enterprise has caught the attention of one well-known Boston publisher, which so far has responded favorably to DiCara's suggestion that he write a book about it all. Every night he talks into his tape recorder about what he did that day. He smiled while playing back parts of it last weekend in his room. Above him on the wall was a painting of John and Robert Kennedy. In two places were "Kennedy in '72" stickers, even though DiCara guarantees that Teddy won't run. On the bureau, another picture of John Kenn?dy, flanked...
...Even DiCara's book collection is dominated by writings on or by the Kennedys. Among the others are Horan's The Right Image and Shadeg's How to Win an Election. He hasn't read them, but it's nice to know they're there...
Amidst all the talk of the possibility of victory, there is the realization that Larry DiCara may not get the call in November, if he makes it that far. He's got alternate plans. DiCara can work full time for the Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps, a community development program he works two full days a week for right now. DiCara also likes to think there's a law school in his future and will apply to Boston's top institutions for admission...
...wins, we'll be glad." DiCara's father says matter-of-factly, "and if he doesn't, he's still young." He and Mrs. DiCara had "mixed feelings" about their son's decision to run, but were not surprised. "There are lots of pitfalls," Mr. DiCara continued. "You can get buffeted around." He and his wife remember the threatening calls after their son picked lottery numbers. And it was only a few summers ago, according to DiCara, that he was threatened by knife-wielding youths who, he said, thought he was being too kind to blacks at a Dorchester playground...