He was Mr. Conservative and it seems there was always a 100 beside his name in the conservative ratings. He was very handsome and very intellectual. He authored a great book called THE SUM OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
I met him on a couple of occasions. He was very unpretentious and very nice to an awkward young (back then I was young) conservative. His brother Dan was also a great conservative congressman.
The world seems like a smaller place now that Phil Crane is gone.
Also met him in 1984 was impressed. Rep. Crane lost a few steps which resulted in his defeat by Melissa Bean. That does not dilute the fact had the fortitude to stand tall in a time in the 70s in the dark days. He helped my FIL with an annexation issue and followed up. He did have to but he did.
Rep Crane: May you be in Heaven a half hour before the devil knows you are dead...
Phil Crane also published his doctoral dissertation under the title: The Democrats’ Dilemma, It was published prior to his 1969 election to Congress and gave a scholarly view of the history of the Democrat Party’s leftward lurch beginning at the dawn of the 20th century. The book tells, among other things, of an organization known as the Intercollegiate Society of Socialists, locating its meetings at Peck’s Restaurant in Boston on Sunday afternoons. The president was novelist Jack London (Call of the Wild, White Fang, etc.) and the membership included FDR and numerous future SCOTUS justices, US Senators and others, mostly from Harvard. I won’t try to record here any other recollections since I have not read the book in 40 years or thereabouts. It is, however, well worth acquiring, reading and understanding. It may have been available only in paperback.
Phil Crane also published his doctoral dissertation under the title: The Democrats’ Dilemma, It was published prior to his 1969 election to Congress and gave a scholarly view of the history of the Democrat Party’s leftward lurch beginning at the dawn of the 20th century. The book tells, among other things, of an organization known as the Intercollegiate Society of Socialists, locating its meetings at Peck’s Restaurant in Boston on Sunday afternoons. The president was novelist Jack London (Call of the Wild, White Fang, etc.) and the membership included FDR and numerous future SCOTUS justices, US Senators and others, mostly from Harvard. I won’t try to record here any other recollections since I have not read the book in 40 years or thereabouts. It is, however, well worth acquiring, reading and understanding. It may have been available only in paperback.