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...first time in recent years, the two major parties in Massachusetts are led by able men with humane records showing ability and integrity. The Hurley-Curley-Coakley gang seems to be eliminated from the fight, leaving the way clear for a respectable Democrat, Roger Lowell Putnam, to carry their standard as candidate for Governor. He is opposing Governor Leverett Saltonstall, whose two terms as the state's Chief Executive have been successful in cleaning up after James M. Curley and Co., in giving the state a solid financial backing, and restoring the morale of its public servants. Furthermore, the Governor...
...were established for 50,000 women and minors employed in restaurants, 150,000 women office workers, and teachers. Benefits under the Workman's Compensation were increased, the waiting period under the Employment Security legislation has been reduced from two weeks to one, and its coverage has been extended. Admittedly, Putnam's labor record in Springfield, where he was endorsed by both the C.I.O. and A.F. of L., as a result of such action as instituting trade schools, getting union rates for some city employees, and giving labor an active part in the city government, is one of the strong points...
HOSTAGES - Stefan Heym - Putnam...
Those men elected to the business board as the result of last summer's competition are: William Bayliss of Adams House, Donald Brown of Eliot, Douglas Danner of Lowell, Steven Ives of Winthrop, Bernard Levinson of Dudley, Putnam McDowell of Winthrop, Laurence Timtson of Lowell, Don Tocher of Lowell, and Charles Winchester of Kirkland...
Seldom have two so evenly matched opponents been put up against each other. Both are independently wealthy. To match the proud name of Saltonstall, Putnam is descended from the Lowells on both his father's and his mother's sides. Putnam has six children; Saltonstall, five. Like his longtime acquaintance the Governor, Springfield's mayor is a product of Back Bay boyhood, Boston's snooty Noble and Greenough private day school, of Harvard (where Saltonstall starred as an athlete, Putnam as a magna cum laude) and of Harvard's best social clubs (Hasty Pudding...