Word: moynihan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan, professor of Government, who was reportedly selected by President Ford to replace John A. Scali as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, may not be able to retain his post here as well as hold the ambassadorship, members of the Faculty said yesterday...
...Moynihan said that ethnicity is still a tradition in the United States, adding that it is "the dirty little secret of democratic politicians just as sex was the dirty little secret of the Victorians...
...Moynihan discussed the evolution of the Democratic party, saying that although it started as a party which represented ethnic homogeneity, by the 1960's it was clear that it no longer represented diverse groups...
...said the party's greatest success came during Roosevelt's administration, when it formed a coalition between ethnic groups based primarily on similar social class. However, antagonisms began to develop within the party as class and ethnic group interests began to diverge, Moynihan said...
...Moynihan said that Kennedy's election in 1960 was the result of "an over wheiming feeling among Catholics, particularly Irish Catholics, that it was their last chance to get a Catholic president elected...