Word: reformative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Successful reform organizations always face the danger of disintegration. Satisfied by success and without the stimulus of a campaign, their members may lose interest, and their officers--usually men taking time out from their business or professional work--may return to their regular occupations...
...promise of broad studies serves other purposes than the worthwhile one suggested above. First, it gives NBC members and officers something to work for and to work on. Second, it serves to keep up the current public interest in reform, and third, it keeps political initiative with the NBC. Its victory notwithstanding, the New Boston Committee will not disintegrate for some time...
...Cambridge Civic Association--non partisan reform group--seems assured of at least a majority of members on the City Council according to yesterday's preliminary tabulations...
...Boston elections, the New Boston Committee, infant reform organization, won a majority on both the city council and school committee. On the council, the N.B.C. placed five out of nine candidates, and on the school committee, four out of five...
Today Bostonians have an unusual opportunity to clean up their civic mess, thanks to a group of young men who, not satisfied with the mere election of a reform mayor and the approval of a reform charter, set up the NBC. Realizing that reform was impossible without an honest, efficient City Council and School Committee, they have threatened the old guard with permanent extinction...