Cherington Is Charged With Bias Against Irish by Herald Columnist

Charles R. Cherington '35, associate professor of Government, is preparing a reply to allegations made yesterday against him and members of the Massachusetts Commission on Constitutional Revision, to which he is an adviser, by W. E. Mullins, Boston Herald columnist.

The article charged Cherington with "contempt" for Bostonians of Irish descent and for "professional politicians," and called him "another of the cult of New Deal economists."

Cherington said last night that the statements attributed to him in the column to prove anti-Irish bias were taken out of context. Also, he denied that he was a New Dealer, saying that his Republican views were well known.

Described Irish

The statement quoted by Mullins read: "In Boston, the first wave of the new immigration was typified by the Irish peasant fleeing from the potato famine--dirty, ignorant, and miserable, and perhaps most important, a Papist."

Mullins also devoted considerable space to Thomas H. Eliot '28, full-time director of the Commission, whom he characterized as a "foremost advocate of liberalism" and an "original Roosevelt New Dealer."

Cherington expressed the opinion that the column was not directed against him, but was meant to incriminate the members of the Commission by their association with him. The headline of the column read: "Democratic Rank and File Might Get Jolt If They Knew Company Leaders Keeping."