Hughes appeal in the suburbs (in South Hadley he received 3,500 signatures, representing one out of every six voters) end his popularity had <ennedy Democrats particularly concerned. If idward Kennedy, the President's brot— her, does on Sept. 18 as handicappers expect and wins the Democratic prinary for the Senate nomination from State Attorney General Idward McCormack, nephew of U.%. House Speaker John McCormack, the egghead, liberal wing of Massachusetts Democrats might well defect to Hughes. And Republican chances would be greatly helped. (the Republican candidate will be the winner of the primary between George Lodge, son of former Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, and Rep. Lawrence Curtis. )
A self-styled "unrepentant liberal," Hughes operates from a panphletcrammed headquarters in a gray, three-story building just off Harvard Square in Canbridge. He doesn't expect to win —- though it is not impossible — but he believes his campaign will make Democrats and Republicans face issues, Among them: -inding nuclear testing, disarmament, and recognition of Red China.