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...Mayor O'Dwyer resigned, necessitating a mayoralty election...
Democratic Deals. Though the Hanley letter had been a windfall, the Democrats' moral outrage over political deals was something new considering their own maneuverings. Boss Ed Flynn, anxious to get a big New York City vote, had arranged a nice ambassadorship for Mayor William O'Dwyer, timed just right to require a Nov. 7 New York City election for his successor. And then when Acting Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, a docile Tammanyite, had refused to get out of the way for Boss Flynn's candidate (Justice Ferdinand Pecora), Impellitteri had been offered a 14-year judgeship...
...been Mayor O'Dwyer's assistant...
...medal-wearing occasions, new U.S. Ambassador to Mexico William O'Dwyer (wartime brigadier general) could sport a new ribbon. The Army had given him the Legion of Merit...
...Murphy cleanup but did their best to depict Impellitteri as just an amateur statesman. Republican candidates applauded too, but happily seized on the whole scandal as wonderful campaign proof of Democratic graft and incompetence. According to grapevine report, other Republicans were plotting feverishly to get Ambassador O'Dwyer hauled home to answer a long list of embarrassing questions...