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FORMER SPEAKER of the Massachussets House of Representatives Thomas McGee did an odd thing last week. He voted against a proposal which limits the freedom of the press in the Statehouse, and also closes the political process to the public. Odd because McGee is a politician known for his closed door policies and backroom style of politics before his ouster from the speakership by current House Speaker George Keverian...
...fact, Keverian campaigned for the speakership by attacking McGee's anachronistic political style and promising more freedom and openess in the Statehouse. Yet, he was the man responsible for the proposal of the bill banning the press from attending democratic caucus meetings--a piece of legislation which McGee was among the few Democrats to vote against. While all the party members who supported the bill have chosen to ignore one of the Democratic party's most cherished ideals--that of open debate of pluralistic politics--it is Keverian's vote which is particularly notable, given his campaign on just those...
...turn for the worse by Keverian. We denounce his infringement on the First Amendment and his tightening of statehouse politics. We urge state leaders quickly to get back on the path of progressive, open politics--a road which seemed to have a promising future after the ouster of McGee...
Moreover, many newer politicians, or politicians with new ideas--on the basis of which Keverian ran when he bucked McGee--will be disenchanted with a system denying the public acess to them. The usual disheartening effects of backroom politics will surely result...
DIED. Harold Peary, 76, radio actor who starred from 1937 to 1950 as "The Great Gildersleeve," the pompous windbag with a heart of gold well hidden behind a wall of bluster, first on Fibber McGee and Molly and then on his own show, and made "You're a ha-a-ard man, McGee" and his trademark oily giggle national crazes; of a heart attack; in Torrance, Calif. Peary (born Harrold Jose Pereira de Faria) made several movies and numerous TV appearances as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve and in other parts; the radio role, which he abandoned, was continued until...