Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Roosevelt and Churchill stooped to wheedling flattery. Be magnanimous, they said. At least, said Roosevelt, give Poland the oil province of Lvov (it lay east of the Curzon line, which the Allies of World War I had proposed as the fairest ethnic frontier between Poland and Russia). Churchill lifted the appeal to an oratorical height: "This is what is dear to the hearts of the nation of Britain . . . that Poland should be free and sovereign . . . mistress in her own house and in her own soul . . . [Our] interest is only one of honor...
...then, Massachusetts has never demanded frankness from its candidates. There are so many significant ethnic groups that a politician must always consider that what he says may turn one of them against him. Often, he will find security in discreet silence. Thus, because of the large Irish and other Catholic votes in the Boston area, neither Saltonstall nor Furcolo has dared to mention McCarthy in his campaign...
...Republican chance to keep the Governorship depends upon the success of the formula that has brought them victory over the last twelve years. The formula, which shows a keen insight into the New York electorate, is compounded of two elements: ethnic and economic. New York has a mature, industrial economy (ninety percent of its citizens live in or around cities). Having accepted state socialism since 1910, New York voters expect their parties to offer the full bundle of social welfare programs. By matching the Democrats hospital for hospital and school for school, the Republicans have tried to criminate economics...
Thus, by neutralizing economics, Republican strategy has aggravated the issues affecting ethnic sensitivity, allowing the Republicans to sit back comfortably and watch the Democrats tear themselves apart...
This year is different, for ethnic issues have yielded to economic ones. Although there are literally millions of rabid McCarthy supporters in New York, they have no candidate (Ives is one of the few Republican Senators who has opposed McCarthy from the beginning). The Moscow radio is not supporting the Democratic candidate for Governor (as it did in 1946); and both parties have judiciously balanced their tickets with the right proportions of the various ethnic groups...