Word: mattson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doubt the large turnout of McCarthy supporters indirectly aided the Brennan group. But it was probably their freshness that decisively influenced the voters. "The ward elections throughout Cambridge illustrated a widespread desire for new faces," observed Herbert F. Mattson, a popular new state Democratic committeeman who just won his position by a 4-1 margin. According to Mattson, the city and ward committees are traditionally do-nothing and lackadasical, and the election results were a reaction to this practice...
...Ward committees can take positions on issues, but most of them--at least in Cambridge--don't do anything," Mattson said. He personally hopes to stir ward interest in a state senate redistricting bill, which, in his words, "makes hash of Cambridge." Matson added that "the people who are behind the bill in the Statehouse are candidates patronage jobs concerning election officials...
...administration did nothing but deny rumors until June when they took the insolvent firm to court and ordered them to cease doing business. At first it seemed that the Democrats were going to use the case simply to show off the investigative powers of an obscure attorney general--Robert Mattson--who would be up for reelection in 1966. But in late October a federal grand jury charged 17 involved in the case, including Rolvaag's state insurance commissioner, with fraud. Republicans wanted to know why Rolvaag hadn't acted earlier, and the case was swept under the carpet where...