Word: sapio
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...public complaint when he was shunted aside as chairman of the committee investigating lobbying activities and the investigation was steered into a bipartisan blind alley). As a border-stater, Gore is acceptable to both North and South. One of Harriman's top advisers, Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio, speaks especially highly of Gore. So does Rival Jack Kennedy...
...because of his "Tammany Hall and A.D.A. connections." The situation called for a sacrifice, and as they had done before, Ave's aides (he was accompanied to the conference by a staff of seven, including a speechwriter and a photographer) passed the word that Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio was no longer a key man in his lineup, pointing to De Sapio's absence to prove it. Besides, said Ave, "It [Tammany] is only a nickname for the New York County Committee, and it does not dominate the Democratic Party of New York." Only when two old gubernatorial...
National Net. The announcement was carefully timed to keep Harriman unbruised by primary fights, and make the most of his powerful connections. For months Harriman and his handlers, led by Tammany Hall Chief Carmine De Sapio, have been preparing for this phase of the campaign. They have had the welcome support of Old Pro Harry Truman despite his public insistence that he is not supporting any candidate. Truman's link: former Democratic national chairman, Indianapolis Banker Frank McKinney, informal Harriman ambassador to the states generally west of the Alleghenies...
...telephone and travel, McKinney, De Sapio and other Harriman strategists will spread out a national net in an effort to pull in delegates for Harriman. The candidate himself will plunge promptly into open campaigning, is touted to make a big splash at the Governors' Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. late this month. Before the Democratic Convention opens Aug. 13, he will make trips to Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, probably to Michigan, Wisconsin and Washington, and possibly to other states...
Carmine De Sapio, 47, boss of Tammany Hall, New York's secretary of state, the mastermind behind Averell Harriman. De Sapio controls almost all of New York State's massive 98 votes, is combing the hinterlands for more. He makes frequent trips to Washington to woo Southern legislators, leaves courtship in other areas to Harriman lieutenants who do not suffer the Tammany stigma...