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...enough to cause a mistrial when he came to testify in the Kamin trial, but there seemed to be fewer of them. He spoke to rows of empty seats in Boston late in October, despite the presence on the platform of such stalwarts as Joseph P. Kennedy, James Michael Curley, and Republican State Chairman Elmer C. Nelson. Even in Wisconsin, according to some reports, McCarthy's popularity has diminished, although letter writers to the Milwaukee Journal still insist: "Every loyal citizen of Wisconsin can feel proud to be represented by this courageous patriot." The fact that the patriot has made...
...long-range planning during this period, however, Hynes has made the city more attractive to industry and increased employment. He has completed a major reorganization of the city government, and increased the efficiency of city services. Following a man who, for several months, governed Boston from jail (ex-Mayor Curley, who now supports Powers), Hynes has radically changed the atmosphere at City Hall...
...conferences instead of allowing the American public to wait ten years to learn that they were sold down the river. The Republican Party lacks color, so seldom do you hear of one of its stalwarts . . . fleeing the States like Bill O'Dwyer or going to jail like Mayor Curley. What have they ever contributed to compare with good old Mayor Hague, Ed Crump, Tom Pendergast, el al., or good staunch Democrats like Harold Ickes, Henry Wallace, Alger Hiss, Lamar Caudle ? . . . Even the President's son is a reactionary-he foolishly got rank in the Army by going...
Most of the spring's activities centered around the Lampoon. After the Ibis had been annually stolen, the comic organization published its Tercentenary number, which was followed with threat of a suit from Boston Mayor James Curley...
...parody of the Massachusetts Bay Charter referred to Curley as "J. Curley, alias J. Crookyde," and mentioned that the mayor "left jail to serve another term as mayor." 'Poon President Paul Brooks '31 hastily rushed to offer the magazine's apologies to the mayor. The mayor, because of "the complete and abject apology of the president of the Harvard Lampoon, in view of his extreme youth and the effect that court proceedings might have on his future . . .," accepted the apologies...