Description: DAVE POWERS, JFK aide, draws parallels between DUKAKIS' PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND JOHN F. KENNEDY'S. RICHARD NIXON DEBATE. TOM MCGEE INTROS MICHAEL DUKAKIS AS 'NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES'
Description: House members on minority leader Steven Pierce's debate on state budget & Republican damage to Dukakis' fiscal management reputation. Tom McGee, Lucile Hicks, Charles Flaherty, Robert Marsh.
Description: Mayor Kevin White releases report on racial violence in Boston. He does not comment on the findings because he has not yet reviewed them. The report was written by a committee consisting of 13 diverse members, chaired by Speaker Thomas McGee and Judge David Nelson. They met ten times over two months to interview 17 community leaders, both supporters and opponents of busing.
Description: House delays debate on taxes because leaders must revise proposal to improve chance of passage. McGee, Keverian,Brett,Pierce,Galvin,Hynes,Havern. Shouts f/ floor of "Mr. Speaker." Dukakis attests to confusion.
Description: St. Patrick's Day Lunch at Boys and Girls Club of Boston in South Boston. State Senator William Bulger speaks to the audience and tells jokes. Bulger sings Irish ballad "The Wearing of the Green." Tom McGee is on stage.