Word: rhatigan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, four noisy investigations of New York City relief were going on. The state was investigating, the Mayor was investigating, the grand jury was investigating, and so was the city welfare department itself. City Welfare Commissioner Edward E. Rhatigan was unceremoniously fired by Mayor William O'Dwyer. His successor, Benjamin Fielding, came down with what was described as a case of exhaustion after only five days on the job and tottered off to Doctors Hospital, asking to be shut up in a quiet room...
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