Edward J. McCormack last night told the Harvard-Radcliffe Young Democrats that he will be a candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1966.

"I am an unannounced announced candidate," said McCormack, "but I have been working for eight or nine months already, and at the moment my campaign is ahead.

The former Attorney General of Massachusetts and unsuccessful opponent of Edward M. Kennedy '54, for the U.S. Senate nomination in 1962 also discussed state and party politics with the small gathering in Paine Hall.

He told the YD's that the Democratic party in Massachusetts is a "political nonentity" consisting of factions and personal followings. The lack of a power tructure makes Massachusetts "the closest thing to a pure democracy since ancient Greece" he said.

In answer to a question McCormack said that he favored an income tax over Gov. John Volpe's sales tax bill. But he added that he would prefer a sales tax to none at all because "progressive propaign is ahead grams are served, even by a regressive tax."

After the speech, the YDs had intended to adopt a club position on Vietnam in a general meeting. However the lack of the required quorum of 50 members prevent-