Word: furcolo
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...Furcolo Criticizes Appointment...
Only Massachusetts Governor Foster Furcolo objected to the new appointment, vehemently attacking Bundy the day before his selection was officially announced...
Most observers felt that Furcolo's attack was in retaliation for a statement made by Bundy before the 1958 gubernatorial election. "Of course, Furcolo is not a wicked man," a political advertisement quoted the Dean as saying. "He is something more dangerous than that. He is a bad governor...
Though Jack Kennedy was far away in Florida, the Kennedy political power swept over Massachusetts last week. From outgoing Governor Foster Furcolo came the curt announcement that "in the interest of promoting party unity" Kennedy's Senate seat would go for two years to Gloucester Businessman (wooden boxes) Benjamin A. Smith II. Two days later Kennedy sent his own final resignation from the Senate to Vice President Nixon, the Senate's presiding officer...
Lame-Duck Governor Furcolo, who has little affection for Jack Kennedy, made it clear by the terseness of his announcement that he was depressed by having to name Smith, and felt powerless to oppose it. Actually, Kennedy had favored Congressman (and Old Harvard Roommate) Torbert Macdonald for the post, hopeful that Macdonald would be strong enough after the two-year interim appointment to make the race for reelection. But with Furcolo resisting a Macdonald appointment (Massachusetts pols were gossiping that the Governor was trying to hold Kennedy up for a big Administration job), Kennedy decided to settle for Ben Smith...