Word: gleason
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Herbert P. Gleason '50, a Boston attorney and leader of COD, an organization of reform Democrats said yesterday he is "profoundly disappointed in President Kennedy's role in Massachusetts politics...
Speaking before a Winthrop House forum on "The Mess in State Politics," Gleason called Kennedy's appointment of Benjamin A. Smith '39 to the Senate "not much of a contribution to the Commonwealth or the Democratic Party...
...example of the President's attitude toward State politics, Gleason cited an anecdote from Theodore H. Whites The Making of the President 1960. Someone asked Kennedy, then a Presidential candidate, what he had done during his career in Massachusetts. Reportedly Kennedy answered "I've kept out of the swamp...
Turning to corruption in Massachusetts, Gleason pointed to instances of "staggering greed" among State and Boston officials. With tongue in cheek, he praised the "ingenuity" of John J. McGrath a former city auctioneer. According to Gleason McGrath until a few weeks ago made a habit of selling city-owned real estate to himself. If not illegal, this was "a plain conflict of interest," asserted Gleason...
Four experts on State affairs will discuss "The Mess in State Politics: What Can Be Done About It?" tonight at 8 p.m. in the Winthrop dining hall. Frank B. Freidel, professor of History, will moderate a panel including Murray Seegar, Nieman Fellow from the Cleveland Plain Dealer; Herbert Gleason, Boston attorney; and Neil Staebler, former State Democratic chairman of Michigan...