Word: grundyism
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...that the county chairmen supporting Fine represented less than half of the Republican vote. They hinted darkly that if they lost the primary, they would undercut Duff at election time when he would run against Fair Dealing Senator Francis Myers. Duff accepted the challenge. Said he: "We will defeat Grundyism in the primary or the Democrats will defeat it in November...
...long as Uncle Joe could lift a telephone, Grundyism would still have a voice in Pennsylvania. "I'll always want to know what is going on in the attic," said Uncle...
With the help of P.M.A., Uncle Joe became political boss of Pennsylvania, succeeding bulky, Rabelaisian Boies Penrose. He made Grundyism a common political noun. Grundyism was opposed to unemployment insurance, child labor laws, workmen's compensation, low tariffs, old-age pensions and labor legislation...
...even before Uncle Joe sat down, the diners had been reminded that Grundyism was all but dead & buried. The reminder came from the newly elected Republican Governor, James Henderson Duff, a protege of his predecessor, now U.S. Senator Edward Martin...
More than a simple outcropping of Grundyism, this was the latest engage ment in an unending conflict between the Austin Legislature and the university, whose tower looks down on the State Capitol. The fact that the university has grown to be one of the four leading Southern institutions,* a big-time contributor of men, training and research to the U.S. war effort (TIME, Nov. 30), has not appeased the legislators. Many Texans find the Austin students effete: to the Aggies (Texas A. & M. College), for example, many strapping Austin characters are "tea-sippers." And the war between the politicos...