Word: democrats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York Bar Association first recognized his ability by appointing him associate counsel for the ambulance chasing investigation in 1926 and the bankruptcy investigation in 1929. His performance in the latter won him an appointment though a Democrat, as assistant to Attorney-General Mitchell in charge of bank-ruptey investigation...
Quite inappropriately, Jack Kelly, who never registered as a regular Democrat until 1933, is today the highly successful boss of Philadelphia's Democratic machine. He was picked by J. David Stern, publisher of the Philadelphia Record, and other ardent New Dealers for the job of putting Democrats on the Philadelphia map. Athlete Kelly promptly kicked out the machine Democrats who, by grace of Boss Vare, had for years played piccolo in Philadelphia's political orchestra. Today City Boss Kelly can and has told State Boss Guffey what he would and would not permit. This week he is running for Mayor...
...been Edward Corsi, a distinguished member of Manhattan's Italian colony. In February 1934, Commissioner Corsi resigned to take over the even more difficult task of administering New York City's poor relief. Appointed as his successor was white-haired, bushy-browed Rudolph Reimer, a serious hard-working Democrat who had retired from the coal business...
Thus began one of the most famed feuds in the Democratic Party. In 1922 Governor Smith flatly refused Tammany's request to let Mr. Hearst run for U. S. Senator on the same ticket with him. In 1925 Governor Smith helped James John ("Jimmy") Walker take the mayoralty of New York City away from Mr. Hearst's favorite, John F. ("Red Mike") Hylan. Said Mr. Hearst then: "I supported Smith three times and that was three times too many." Next year he ditched the Democratic ticket to back rich, reactionary, Republican Ogden Mills unsuccessfully against Governor Smith. In 1928 Presidential...
...wish to make it plain, however, that we are not here in the interests of any banker in the U. S.," announced Senator Wheeler on arrival. But the Montana Democrat, who championed the "death sentence" for utility holding companies without a qualm for stockholders, almost wept for "the small investors who put their life savings into the Public Works bonds because of their confidence in Cuba's honor & integrity...