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...Window. Next day the political chorus of opposition swelled to a roar. Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack, a Negro, snapped that "it would be unfortunate if the most recent minority groups to arrive here were to be singled out by being deprived of the advantages former newcomers to the city enjoyed." Acting State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Nunez, Spanish-born, condemned his fellow immigrant, Judge Leibowitz, for an "unAmerican outburst." Missouri's Hennings said somewhat aimlessly that New York was doing a good job in the face of appalling conditions. "New York," said he, "is our show window...
...critic once asked a lady what was the best way of "reaching" Marianne Moore. He was speaking of her poetry, but this was the deadpan reply: "Take the Sixth Avenue Independent Subway at 47th Street, the D train to Borough...
...Coast Negro paper, not only gained attention from his personal column, but also found their circulations boosted fast by Moslems who hawked the papers on street corners as a spiritual duty. Such leading Negro Harlem politicos as Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church) and Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack have curried Moslem favor, even though full-fledged Moslems are enjoined not to vote...
...flop: "It was like a flea crawling on an elephant. New York is so big that it absorbs almost anything. It's like China in that respect. Our type of crusade makes a far greater impact on a smaller city , . . Perhaps if we try it on a borough-to-borough basis, New York can be reached...
Stanley Jay is drolly Pickwickian as the head-borough Verges. But Ralph Drischell has extracted little of the meat from the self-inflated, malapropistic Dogberry. Robert Evans fails to convey the villainy of Don John, who openly proclaims his evilness several times to the audience; he is nothing worse than childishly petulant. John Brockington's friar also needs more work...