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Successful political Candidates usually ascribe their victories to the wisdom of the voters. But not the Rev. Robert Drinan, the Jesuit who last week upset Congressman Philip Philbin, a 14-term House veteran, in the Massachusetts Democratic primary. "It was a miracle," said Drinan, who is on leave from his deanship at Boston College Law School. It was, however, something a lot more mundane that made Drinan almost a sure bet to become the first Catholic cleric in 145 years to go to Congress...
Howard Zinn, professor of Government at Boston University, will speak at the meeting. After the speech, students will be canvassed to work for a wide spectrum of anti-war causes, ranging from the congressional campaign of the Rev. Robert Drinan, S.J., to the Boston Panther Defense Committee...
...liberals to talk at rallies, and support a "contest of ideas." On the other hand, a high school student whose baggy blue jeans sported a battered copy of the writings of Mao Tse-Tung, described how he had been kicked out of school for leafletting against the liberal Father Drinan. He was trying to show his young colleagues that liberals might not be all they thought them...
Palatable Liberalism. Others offer broader platforms. In Massachusetts, the Rev. Robert Drinan. S.J., 49, is mounting an intensive drive to wrest the Democratic nomination from Representative Philip Philbin, 72, who is seeking his fifteenth term. Drinan's strong antiwar stand and reformist views on other issues have picked up predictable support from Bay State students and youngish voters. But a good many of the district's older residents who might otherwise favor Philbin are finding Drinan's liberal stance palatable because of his Roman collar. Says Drinan, former provost of Boston College and dean...
...Massachusetts, which sent the first Roman Catholic to the White House and the first black since Reconstruction to the Senate, a Jesuit priest, Robert Drinan, is seeking a Democratic congressional nomination. Drinan, 49, former vice president and law school dean of Boston College, has the support of a citizens' caucus as he seeks to oust Incumbent Democrat Philip Philbin, 71, a 14-term veteran who is vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Though Philbin is favored, Drinan's liberalism and antiwar stand are popular with his district's relatively affluent, middle-class voters. These qualities...