Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mayor...
...against MacArthur's collection of fellow travelers: William Randolph Hearst, Colonel McCormick, Mayor Curley...
...better Democratic nominee, in the belief that a protest vote assuring Republican success is too-great a luxury today. Heading up the latter are the major officers of U. S. labor in company with old New Dealers such as Eleanor Roosevelt and upcoming politicians such as Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey. When this coalition assembled at the February Convention of Americans for Democratic Action, it was conspicuous that both the personality and drive-for-the-feature of Reuther dominated and captivated the common consciousness...
...Kansas City's once-mighty Democratic machine, which used to get out the votes for Boss Tom Pendergast, was unable to persuade any "high-type" candidate to run on its ticket, meekly threw in with Reform Mayor William E. Kemp...
...many a Hearst town, legmen sought out and gave reams of space to obscure insurance men and lawyers who had founded unobtrusive "Mac-for-President" clubs months ago. Boston's Mayor Curley, glad to do a favor for the Record and the American, endorsed MacArthur - as a Democratic candidate. When opposition newsmen called him to check it, Curley laughed that he'd been "just kidding with the reporters." On second thought he said, "No, let the statement stand...