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Al Wiggin has never been known as a hard banker like President William Chapman Potter of Guaranty Trust Co., but he saw to it that his bank was ready for the 1929 stockmarket crash. Last week, in acknowledging Mr. Wiggin's letter, the executive committee revealed that in October...
Members of New York's Tammany Hall may or may not be a burden to the city; they seem a positive jinx to the Italian Line. With pinchbeck little James John Walker aboard, the brand-new 51,000-ton, 28-knot Rex broke down at Gibraltar, reached Manhattan three...
Ultimate purpose of the long-lived legislative committee appointed to investigate New York City's affairs (TIME, April 6, 1931 et seq.) was to suggest reforms in the city government. After 14 months of raking out municipal scandals, last week the committee buckled down to constructive work. Alfred Emanuel...
Day after New York City's special mayoralty election it was announced that Acting Mayor Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee, no candidate, had received some 137,000 "protest" votes, to the alarmed dismay of Tammany Hall and its bull-jowled nominee for Mayor, John Patrick ("Potatoes") O'Brien...
For the man who graduates this spring, particularly if his home is in or about New York City, there is a chance for practical and effective political action. In the mayoralty election in 1933 the chances for replacing Tammany control with decent government are greater than they have been for...