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Thus out of $6000 collected $22 was void. The result probably has some significance, social or other wise, and may even be charged with meaning, but Councilmen prefer to think it means that $22 was not received that should have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAD CHECKS TO THE EXTENT OF $22 IN COUNCIL'S $6000 | 2/10/1938 | See Source »

...also denied, recalling that two years ago the Democrats elected 95% of the aldermen with 66% of the vote, that in 1931 the 35% of non-Democratic voters got only one alderman out of 65. It was also probably true that many Democrats voted for the Fusion mayor. Democratic councilmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: P. R. Post-Mortem | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

What neither side denied, however, was that P. R.'s 26 councilmen, who will enjoy more power to originate legislation than the old board of aldermen, were a far fresher and more prepossessing crew than the aldermen they will replace. Council President Newbold Morris, a highly respectable Wall Street lawyer of 35 whose tie vote will belong to Mayor LaGuardia and Fusion, can look down over his gavel at two sturdy old revolutionaries. Russian-born Baruch Charney Vladeck, last week slated to be the council's minority leader, is now general manager of the Jewish Daily Forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: P. R. Post-Mortem | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

...election. Since most of the municipal jobs are appointive the campaign hinges on the mayoralty and the nine seats on the common council, which is elected at large. The purpose of last week's primary was to narrow the field of mayoralty candidates from five to two, the councilmen candidates from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: In Detroit | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

Acting on the written request of members of Coach Ulen's team, a committee of three Councilmen, John L. Dampeer '38, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. '38, and Chester W. MacArthur '37, chairman, are now investigating the situation, Council offices announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNCIL PROBES SWIMMERS' PLEA FOR MAJOR AWARD | 4/17/1937 | See Source »

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