Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee withdrew (TIME, May 15), the field of New York City politics looked cleared entirely for Tammany Hall. A mayoral election comes this autumn and on the scene loomed no figure of importance except Distinguished Citizen Al Smith, who almost certainly would not lead a...
Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") Mo Kec, president of New York City's Board of Aldermen, onetime acting mayor, anti-Tammany white hope for next election, abruptly announced he was quitting politics to become president of Title Guarantee & Trust Co. A newsman asked him: ''Do you mean you...
Before he was Governor of New York, Franklin Roosevelt spotted Professor Moley on the State Crime Commission, decided he would be a useful citizen to keep within calling distance. Mr. Roosevelt was impressed with his ability to assemble political facts; liked his fresh political outlook. Here was no cut & dried...
When Joseph Pulitzer's great New York World fell into the hands of Scripps-Howard two years ago to be merged into the New York World-Telegram, the new owners had to reckon with the resentment that is directed at anyone who has a hand in scrapping a respected...
Meanwhile, various factors seem to be crystallizing out of this murky financial atmosphere. The day for planned economy in city government appears not too distant, with business interests dictating the financial policies. Naturally this will on tail a circumspection of the activities of the political boss with his mucking crows...