Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After receiving Dawson's resignation, the HYRC Planning Committee unanimously chose David F. Peterson '59 to act as interim president until a general meeting can be scheduled for the election of a new president.
Peterson, who opposed Dawson in the last contest for the presidency of the HYRC, has entered himself as a candidate in the special election which will probably be held within the next two weeks.
Dawson said the State Committee, which had refused HEC applications three times previously, relented this summer because "it is granting charters to nearly everybody who asks for one between now and November in an effort to maintain party unity until the election."
His campaign for re-election will take him into 136 Massachusetts communities. The Senator will not leave the state until after Nov. 4, except to fill two nearby speaking engagements.
Talking to the reporters who will cover his pre-election activities for the next six weeks, the tanned candidate said he was not concerned about piling up more votes than his running mates or increasing the 70,000 vote plurality he received in 1952. Kennedy also stated that he will...