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...Massachusetts House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelming defeated a bill calling for investigation of the MTA management. The bill, which was rejected by a 151-66 vote, was aimed primarily at MTA General Manager Thomas J. McLernon...
McLernon has been under heavy fire recently on the ground that he has dealt inadequately with labor problems in the MTA. A state official told the CRIMSON that McLernon's "constant fighting with the unions has resulted in the low morale among MTA employees...
...most other communities, the Cambridge CD effort is proceeding at a slow rate. The MTA has posted shelter signs in Central, Kendall, and Harvard stations providing "raw space" for 8,106 people. Not all of this space is readily available, however, and none if it has been stocked with supplies. The local authorities have sent out over 200 license forms to the owners of potential shelter space, and, if these licenses are signed, the process of making and stocking the areas can begin. But according to Edmund Burke, Cambridge Civil defense Co-ordinator, the forms "are coming in awfully slowly...
Asked if there was anything out of order in the MTA position on the Bennett ST. Yards, McKenna declared, "I don't know, but we certainly are going to find out." He claimed that the Senate investigatory committee, which will supoena both records and witnesses, will produce "revelations that will be quite enlightening...
Bids on the MTA Yards were opened on December 28, 1962. Harvard bid $5,010,000, and Francis J. Roche, Cambridge attorney, offered...