Word: collectorships
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...patronage scandal. Before Secretary Morgenthau reported to the President last week he called to Washington Internal Revenue Collector Abbott, who also happens to be Demo-cratic National Committeeman from Michigan. Last August National Chairman Farley tucked Committeeman Abbott away into the comfortable berth of an Internal Revenue collectorship. Good Mixer Abbott was able to pull many a patronage wire through Boss Farley, to the dismay of Michigan Congressmen. They rejoiced, if they did not assist, when the Detroit Free Press began to publish accusations against Collector Abbott: Deputy Collector John J. Tighe, his friend, had used his tax collecting credentials...
...almost landed the job, too," crowed Mrs. Whittemore, wife of a Puerto Rican Federal Land Bank director. "Made a great play for it, and all the time I had an ace in the hole. Yeah. What I really wanted, you see, was this collectorship. It's among the three or four best collectorships there are. Pays $6,500 a year. You have a boat...
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