Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mayor James M. Curley of Boston, reluctant to temporize, has placed his demand for an appointment directly before President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. A certain polite nebula hangs over the administration, and its views of Mr. Curley, but there can be little doubt that he has engineered a very disturbing situation. The strong light thrown on the more disagreeable phases of the patronage system, however, has brought a significant issue into relief...
...successful in ensuring the support of a covetous representative body. The kindly eye of the administration is, at present, very valuable, and has been very skillfully and assiduously attracted by Congressional aspirants to office. But the difficult problems arise when one of the party sirens, such as Mr. Curley, grows suspicious and restive, and loudly demands prompt action. To grant Mayor Curley his appointment would antagonize and embitter an important political group; to refuse it would invite recriminations and disclosures which might create a very bad small indeed...
Back amid the restful expanse of the Hyde Park estate overlooking the Hudson, Mr. Roosevelt spent five hours talking second-string patronage with his political prime minister, Jim Farley. Jesse Isador Straus, Claude Bowers, Henry Morgenthau Jr., James Michael Curley, Howard Bruce, Homer Cummings, Clark Howell, John Cohen were some of the names the President-elect juggled about on paper to see how they might fit into the new administration. William Hartman Woodin, the new Secretary of the Treasury, arrived from Manhattan to discuss the banking situation in the light of the Maryland moratorium...
Padlocked for violation of an ordinance prohibiting "lewdness, obscenity, indecency, immorality or impurity'' was Boston's Old Howard ("Always Something Doing''), famed oldtime burlesque house. At the hearing a Watch & Ward Society investigator described "vile body contortions" of a dancer. Said Mayor James Michael Curley, explaining that he had attended the show last October: "I never saw any muscle dancing there. The girls wore six-foot Turkish towels, much to the disappointment of the friends who accompanied...
...claimants to the heavyweight wrestling championship of the world. Instead of wrestling each other, each continued to claim his championship, defend it against minor opponents. Christopher Theophilus (Jim Londos), recognized as champion in New York State, made the most money, in matches arranged for him by promoter Jack Curley. Ed ("Strangler") Lewis, recognized as champion outside New York State, finally lost his title on a foul to Canadian Henri De Glane. He then began persistently to challenge Champion Londos. Last summer, the New York State Athletic Commission ordered Champion Londos to wrestle Champion Lewis. When Champion Londos failed to obey...