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...representative of each side on the petition would accompany the ballots to and from the bank to assure that no tampering occurred. These observers would be Hans F. Loeser, attorney for the CNCV, and American Legion state commander Leo F. Malloy, who is leading 16 Cambridge veterans' posts in a drive for the defeat of the anti-war referendum. Cambridge City Manager Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 gave his blessing to the anti-referendum campaign last Tuesday. DeGuglielmo, "speaking as a private citizen" urged veterans to work for the defeat of the petition...
CNCV lawyer Hans F. Loeser viewed this latest source of delay as a contrived tactic, and a weak one. He claimed that the only Cambridge competitive bidding statute which mentions the two-week period for advertising applies to contracts over $2000. (It will cost just $1700 to print the 60,000 ballots for the peace resolution, according to the Election Commission.) Further, Loeser argued, the court order to print the ballots immediately excused the City from complying with such statutes. The fact is, though, that the City isn't printing ballots--and isn't close to printing them...
...Loeser countered that the real purpose of the initative petition is to empower the people to do whatever a city council or other legislative body can do. City councils make a general practice of memorializing on matters over which they have no legislative authority. Therefore, Loeser reasoned, the people can use an initiative legitimately to express an opinion...
...Cambridge City Council, Loeser pointed out, has passed numerous resolutions which are no more than expressions of opinion--on Vietnam, foreign relations between Czechoslovakia and the United States, and the Portuguese Navy, to name just...
...Supreme Judicial Court has not acted on its appeal before Nov. 7, the City will ask for a "stay of execution," on Judge Mitchell's orders. If the stay is granted, that's all for the peace plank, at least in this election. So Loeser will be doing everything in his power to speed up the appeals process. Thus far, the City--under pressure from Loeser--has cooperated in expediting some aspects of the legal battle. For example, Superior Court hearings were scheduled for Oct. 10 by Judge Mitchell, but McCarthy agreed to move them...