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...restore party unity, which, they believe, was sacrificed during this year's election. Nixon will face the classic dilemma of any President running for reelection. A strong White House staff including his most trusted advisers tends to run the campaign in its own way, ignoring the national committeemen, who have the firmer ties with the state organizations. White House domination makes the larger party organization atrophy, as occurred in the Johnson Administration. Reported TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angelo: "The point was made that the White House blew it this year on the law-and-order issue by trying to blame...
Looking out mournfully over the tumult in a resort meeting hall called the Playhouse, New York State Democratic Chairman John Burns last week asked the 345 state party committeemen: "Why have chaos when you can have order?" The question was rhetorical: New York Democrats regard chaos as their birthright. Even so, as they gathered to designate the regular party ticket for Governor, U.S. Senator and other statewide offices, they outdid themselves...
Elected School committeemen are: James F. Fitzgerald (Ind.), David Wylie (COA), Francis H. Duehay '55 (CCA), Joseph E. Maynard (Ind.), Donald A, Fantini (CCA), and Lorraine A, Butler...
...most of the people there know what they're doing; at least, they know why they're there: to find out which nine city councillors and which six school committeemen the City's voters elected last Tuesday. With luck, more than a little of it, they'll finish the job tonight, and go home after a count which has lasted four days and cost the city some $6500-probably not much more than it would cost under other electoral systems, since PR climinates the need for primaries and special elections. But if they don't get through the last rounds...
Though the two groups are more loose electoral coalitions than political parties. there has been sharp division between the CCA and independents on the School Committee in recent years. CCA School Committeemen have charged that the independent domination has led to a gradual decline in the quality of Cambridge public Schools...