Word: lundi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Asked to explain why Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower had been permitted to drive through the Square in a long motorcade last Tuesday. Ready said,". . . it was just a visit." The Chief denied charges by Democratic rally-organizer Ray Lundi that "pressure has been brought to bear...
Last Monday night, Lundi decided to schedule the rally and began making arrangements for it. He asked the Harvard Young Democrats Club to assist him, and the group agreed to contract some speakers...
...then spoke to Ready, who, according to Lundi, seemed ". . . quite willing to have a rally." At 3 p.m. yesterday, Lundi sent a letter to Ready requesting the necessary permit...
...Lundi was surprised to learn that Ready might deny him the permit, and said, "There is no valid reason why, in a big campaign like this, Harvard Square can't be used just like any other place . . . We've gone through many big towns before and set up police cordons to keep things in line . . . Besides, a football afternoon in Harvard Square is the most propitious moment for a political rally...
...Lundi said the rally would not interfere with the course of the Harvard Band. The Band marches through the Square and down Boylston Street, usually around 12:30, and it was suggested to Lundi that a mass political demonstration might throw the Band off its normal routs...