Word: hyrc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this "coalescing," Williams asserted, has been so extreme that "the machine only gives appointments and work to their own people." He cited the appointment of the HYRC freshman Yard Council as typical of their use of patronage...
Currently operations director of the club, Wallison has emphasized his "three years of activity within the HYRC" in his campaign; he has sharply attacked Williams' inactivity in the club. "Since I broke with the machine," Williams bemoaned, "I have got no appointments from them. My supporters and I were even removed from the delegation to the Massachusetts Young Republican Council...
Wallison explained that his opponent had resigned from the council last year as a protest against HYRC's failure to elect Howard J. Phillips '62 to the delegation. "That's not true," Williams protested. "I tried to resign but no one would accept my resignation...
Attacks on the "machine" are not a new phenomenon in HYRC politicking. Last year Phillips blasted the "ABC machine" as "ruthless, vicious, and unethical...
Both Wallison and Williams stressed that their platforms for strengthening the club represent the major issue in the campaign. In letters sent to HYRC members February 5, they advocated roughly the same measures: strengthening of the policy committee; active participation in the coming Congressional and Senatorial campaigns in Masachusetts this year; more social functions; and the publication of better newsletters...