In governmental and nongovernmental roles, Mr. Slavet helped move Boston "to something that was professionalized, that was governed by rules and fairness," said former congressman Chester G. Atkins.
The battle for the hearts and minds of the Boston Irish took a sharp turn in the aftermath of the 1916 Irish Rising. Prior to the 1916 Rising, Boston’s Irish community had maintained some equilibrium between those who favored constitutional methods of Home Rule, and those for physical force and agitation. And within this spectrum were
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