In 1952 , Dever made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination . Dever was also the keynote speaker at the 1952 Democratic National Convention ; his speech , one of the first such speeches to be televised , made the portly Dever look bad . Also that year , the Dever administration came under fire when the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Associations found that pensions for members and former members of the state legislature had been increased . One of those eligible was former Mayor of Boston and Governor James Michael Curley , a convicted felon . Dever gave in to pressure groups , calling a special session of the legislature that repealed the bill
1952 Democratic National Convention
1952 Democratic National Convention
Paul A. Dever