Word: maher
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Lewis Mumford, author of The City in History, Technics and Civilization, and numerous other scholarly works, and John Maher, research fellow in Humanities at M.I.T. also addressed the forum...
...Maher was third in the popular vote, following Councillor Walter J. Sullivan and CCA-endorsed Mayor Edward A. Crane '35. The other incumbents were elected in the following order: Alfred E. Vellucci, Thomas H. D. Mahoney (CCA); Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler (CCA); Thomas Coates (CCA); Daniel J. Hayes Jr.; and Bernard Goldberg...
...election of Maher ends a two-year controversy over the role of police in politics. Many observers attributed Maher's heavy vote to the publicity he gained from the dispute...
Following his defeat in 1963, Maher was transferred from the detective division to the traffic division. He subsequently charged that the change was a punishment for his political activity. The issue was brought before the City Council at a public hearing, but no action was taken to reverse Police Chief Daniel Brennan's order...
...When Maher indicated this summer that he would run again, he asked Brennan for a six-month leave of absence. Brennan refused, and Maher resigned. It is believed that Maher received a heavy vote from police officers and their friends and relatives...