Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...want to compliment the Mayor of this city for continuing in office some of the commissioners who served during my term as Mayor. They are capable and experienced men, and, I am sure, will render valuable service to the city and the new Administration...
...want to congratulate you, Mr. Mayor, on having so many friends present. As I look about me, I remember some of their faces on Jan. 1, 1918, and again...
...Other times may come. Other Mayors have been elected to this high and important office and other Mayors will be elected to this great office, but never will any Mayor endeavor to serve the people more than I have tried to serve the people during the eight long years that I have been Mayor...
...Walker was gradual. He took the oath of office three days in advance in order that there might be no hiatus in the mayoralty (his term technically began on the stroke of 12:00 on New Year's Eve). The ceremony was attended by some 200 friends. The mayor elect was an hour and a half late for the ceremony because he had been attending a funeral...
Almost twelve hours after he had legally become Mayor, Jimmy Walker, dapper and swagger, descended from his car in front of the City Hall. The crowd was tremendous. As it surged around him he grinned: "Let me in, I want to go to work." Every room in the building was crowded. In one of the largest, crowded with 700 or 800 people, Mayor Walker took the oath a second time, then Mr. Hylan spoke. When he had done, the Mayor spoke, saying: "I, too, Judge Hylan, am very happy today." Then he began to read his prepared address. Before...