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...best to turn Democrats against Impy as 1) a turncoat who was simply in the race to split the vote for the G.O.P., and 2) a "cowardly" pretender with no talent for administration. When Impy said that he had spurned Tammany's offer of a $28,000 judgeship to stay out of the race, Pecora's backers lamely cried that just the opposite was true: that Impy had demanded four judgeships, one for himself and three for his friends...
...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 on the state supreme court, paying $28,000 a year. That buying-out deal had gone wrong; Impellitteri was still running for mayor, but at least Boss Flynn and Tammany had tried hard. In the confusion, there had seemed little chance for Flynn to deliver a big Democratic majority either...
...President's personal thanks, but that was as far as it went. Unfortunately, Murphy had not bothered to cultivate the men who dispense New York's Democratic plums-or even to join a political club. Since there was little chance for reward or advancement (i.e., the judgeship Murphy was hoping for), there was little point in staying on the Government payroll for a piddling $9,400 a year. After Hiss's appeal has been completed, therefore, Murphy will resign...
...clubby congressional custom, this meant the advice and consent of the Senator whose home state is involved. Typical was the case of M. Neil Andrews, nominated for a judgeship in Georgia's Northern District. Georgia's Senator Richard Russell complained that he had submitted a nominee of his own and been ignored. "Personally obnoxious and objectionable to me," said Russell, using a ritualistic phrase. The corroborating chorus of noes was deafening...
Last came the nomination of Carroll Switzer to an Iowa judgeship. Switzer was the Democrats' defeated 1948 candidate for governor, and Harry Truman had not consulted Iowa's Senator Guy Gillette about appointing him to the bench. "A personal affront," said Gillette. Senators -who might want the favor returned some day-shouted their support of Gillette, rebuffing Harry Truman for the fourth time in one afternoon...