HLU, HYRC Men Scramble Into Fall Political Campaign

"Gerrymandering" will be the main issue for both the Liberal Union and the Young Republican Club as they send their workers into the field for the November elections, spokesmen for the two groups stated yesterday.

Every ten years, on the basis of the national census, the Massachusetts State Legislature reapportions the state's Congressional districts. In 1940, the Republicans were in control of the Legislature and succeeded in "gerrymandering" the districts so that in 1948, Massachusetts returned eight Republicans and six Democratic Congressmen, though the Democrats received a majority of the votes cast in the state.

This year, the Democrats hope to gain a clear majority in both houses of the Legislature (there is now a 20-20 tic in the State Senate) and re-gerrymander the districts to their own advantage.

The 21st Ward

The H.L.U., which has as yet not definitely pledged itself to work for any particular candidates, will conduct a nonpartisan registration drive up to the registration deadline on October 6. This drive will be of the familiar canvassing, doorbell-ringing variety. The Liberal Union canvassers will concentrate on Boston's twenty-first ward, where three Republican state representatives were victors by small margins in the last elections.

After the H.L.U. has picked the candidates it will support, it will put most of its emphasis on local elections, both for the state and national legislatures, rather than campaign for state-wide candidates. It has found that the state-wide Americans for Democratic Action and Students for Democratic Action work more effectively in those cases than autonomous local groups.

The Young Republican Club, however, will campaign for the G.O.P. statewide ticket, headed by Arthur W. Coolidge who is opposing Governor Dever in his bid for a second term. Coolidge was Lientenant-Governor from 1946 to 1948 under Governor Robert F. Bradford '23.

Gubernatorial Campaign

President Gordon Poole 2L of the H.Y.R.C. announced yesterday the methods by which club members will participate actively in the gubernatorial and legislative campaigns. These will include driving sound trucks, canvassing, and distributing literature in "critical" election districts in the Greater Boston Area.

On Saturday night, some H.Y.R.C. leaders will attend a session of the Republican National Committee's "School for Politics." The Committee has been sponsoring such "schools" all over the country in an effort to insure that time spent in campaigning will be spent effectively.

The Republican Club's Planning Committee has recently approved plans to bring prominent Republican speakers to the College during the Fall, but names of the speakers have not yet been announced. In addition, the Platform and Policy Committee will formulate statements of Republican policy which, after approval by the Club's full membership, will be distributed nationally to other G.O.P. groups.