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Volpe was referring to a plank in the Democratic platform which calls for major reform of State government by abolition of the Governor's Executive Council. The same proposal was rejected by a Democratic controlled legislature earlier this year...
...Kennedy forces, who insist their support is not limited to Harvard, have fairly sparse backing here. Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government and member of the Faculty of Public Administration; John N. Plank '45, assistant professor of Government; and "several others, particularly in the political science and economics departments," appear to be the extent of his sympathizers...
...named: Frank B. Freidel Jr., of History, and Mrs. Freidel; G. Jameson, assistant professor of history; Everett I. Mendelsohn, assistant professor of the History of Science and Mrs. Mendelsohn; Juan professor of Romance Languages and Mrs. Marichal; and N. Plank, assistant professor of and Mrs. Plank...
Waiting Games. One plank of the center-left platform caused considerable misgiving: a plan to create 15 regional governments with autonomy in such matters as roadbuilding, vocational education, control of local police. Four such regions* were formed years ago, but since then the scheme was shelved by the Christian Democrats, who feared that Communists, alone or allied with the Nenni Socialists, would build up powerful grass-roots political machines. Giovanni Malagodi, leader of the free-enterprising Liberals, who were dropped from Fanfani's coalition, warned that the rearrangement would make possible "a federation of little Red republics" in such...
Rockefeller's idea of a free world confederation evolves from a proposal that he attempted in 1960 to inject into the Republican Party platform. The plank was to assess approval of the growth of "regional confederation of nations...