Word: philbin
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...Third District vote counted, the Rev. Robert F. Drinan S.J., a Jesuit priest running as an antiwar Democrat, held a 5000-vote lead over his Republican opponent, John McGlennon, who has campaigned on a law and order platform. Drinan's opponent in the Democratic primary, hawkish incumbent Philip J. Philbin, trailed badly in his write-in campaign...
...Massachusetts' Third District, the peace candidate is Father Robert Drinan. A Jesuit priest and Dean of the Boston College Law School, Father Drinan defeated 72-year-old incumbent Democrat Philip Philbin '18 in the September 15th Democratic primary. Given little chance of defeating Philbin who was labeled a "hack" by the Wall Street Journal, Father Drinan surprised everyone with his decisive victory...
...victory was largely due to support given him by the peace forces in his district. Last February 1,000 "New Politics" people from the district gathered in convention and chose Drinan to oppose Philbin, the second-ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee and a supporter of the war and high military spending. During the campaign and on election day, some 4,000 volunteers helped the Drinan cause...
Father Drinan is opposed in the November election by Republican State Representative John McGlennon. McGlennon is a supporter of the Nixon Vietnam policies and won his primary by a margin of better than 3-1. Father Drinan is also threatened by a Philbin write-in candidacy. Declaring last week that he would not allow himself to be thrown out of Congress by the "New Left," with its money and power, Philbin announced that he would seek re-election...
...district is overwhelmingly Democratic and Independent, with approximately 100,000 Independents, 80,000 Democrats and 40,000 Republicans. Drinan has a very good chance of winning, but his supporters are not over-confident and they are taking the combined Philbin-McGlennon threat very seriously...