Word: desapio
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Stating that "no party can claim a monopoly on political virtue," DeSapio said "any representations to the contrary are insults to the public intelligence." He pointed to Teapot Dome as an example of Republican corruption, paralleling the Tweed ring in New York...
...principle political role of Tammany Hall in pre-New Deal days, DeSapio claimed, was that of "making food and clothing available to indigent people; giving them free legal advice, and in every other possible way lending aid and comfort t the voters in order to secure their support, on election...
...DeSapio, wearing dark glasses to protect his very poor eyes, warned that" until a code of political ethics with meaning and teeth is enacted and enforced, opportunists, will continue to ex-pound falsehoods." He urged leading man to take an active part in politics, but these men refuse to, he said, because they have been "maligned and outraged; insultingly and degradingly characterized as 'politicians...
...After DeSapio took his seat, Javits very dramatically rose, and said, "I come from New York too, but I had to blink my eyes after hearing Mr. DeSapio's talk, and see if I was really from Manhattan...
...like Mr. DeSapio," Javits said, "he's spunky follow." Javits pointed out that when the Kefauver Committee investigated New York politics, it found many criminals entwined in the Tammany group, then and still headed by DeSapio...