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After Law Dean Erwin Griswold resigned last fall to become U.S. Solicitor General, Pusey asked all 80 members of the law faculty for suggestions on what directions the school should take and who Griswold's successor should be. Pusey also had to sift through proposals from alumni, consulted with fellow members of the Harvard Corporation, polled the 30-man board of overseers by telephone and telegraph. He followed the same procedure in seeking a Divinity School dean to replace retiring Samuel H. Miller...
...Cambridge City Council spent an angry two hours Monday night arguing over Acting City Manager Ralph J. Dunphy's removal of City Solicitor Andrew T. Trodden...
Dunphy maintained that he simply wanted to select his own city solicitor--his "right arm." He expressed no dissatisfaction with the legal abilities of Trodden, a friend since their school days together. A new solicitor has not yet been named, but Dunphy said he had two men in mind for the job. He said he had no present plans to remove any other City officials, and promised to meet with the council in executive session if he should decide to fire anyone else...
Trodden said that the three councillors were illegally using Dunphy as a "hatchet man" in violation of the Commonwealth statute forbidding any councillor to "direct or request the removal or appointment" of a city official (such as the City Solicitor) for whom the manager is responsible. He notified the council that he would be a candidate for the position of city manager...
...solicitor's account was interrupted by cries of "Not true" and "That's a false statement" from Vellucci and Danehy. After Trodden had finished, Danehy arose to question him, but Trodden snapped "None of your business" and "I'll talk to you if I feel like it" in reply to several queries...