Word: briens
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Whoever carries the party standard in 1972 will need a much better organization than the present one. After a series of fumbles, the Democratic National Committee unanimously elected as national chairman Lawrence O'Brien (TIME, March 2). The former J.F.K. aide has served in the post before and is regarded as the best political strategist available...
...police itself. Instead, it brought suit under a new state law that gives the state attorney general power to act directly against all water polluters. "The law is very clear and constitutional. The Army is in violation of it," says Chief Deputy Attorney General Charles A. O'Brien. "We are now going to use our authority to attempt to stop water pollution in the state of California. If we succeed, we will set a model for the country...
Humphrey is enthusiastically for him. Senators Ted Kennedy, Ed Muskie, George McGovern and Harold Hughes are agreeable. The party's left, including Congressman Allard K. Lowenstein, finds O'Brien at least tolerable. Of the party's big names, only Lyndon Johnson and Senator Eugene McCarthy remain silent on the subject, but many...
McCarthy's biggest backers are in O'Brien's corner...
...week's end, after listening carefully to declarations of support from across the Democratic spectrum, O'Brien was on the brink of agreeing to return to the chairmanship provided that no significant opposition arises. If he says yes, it is virtually certain that he will be elected chairman when the Democratic National Committee meets in Washington March 5. O'Brien will have to leave a political-consulting firm he recently founded, following a brief stint as the president of a New York brokerage house, and slow the work on a book on his years with Kennedy...