Word: meaney
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Corrupt." To a newly created fifth Federal judgeship in New Jersey Mr. Roosevelt appointed 53-year-old Thomas F. Meaney, who stepped into his first judgeship 19 years ago, has been a faithful follower of Frank Hague, aging boss of New Jersey and vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Roosevelt rejected the man whom Governor Charles Edison wanted...
...November (the Senator's only achievement is riding the New Deal coat tail) and knew he needed Hague's machine to turn the trick. Edison and his fight to clean up New Jersey politics must wait. Mr. Roosevelt's Justice Department took a look at Mr. Meaney and promptly pronounced him "superior" to the three other candidates...
Said the Newark Evening News, which has supported the President in the war effort: "For all their protestations of good government, Mr. Roosevelt and his Attorney General find it possible in the midst of a great war to do a turn for a corrupt political machine. . . . What made Mr. Meaney 'superior' was the fact that he was Boss Hague's candidate...