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One week of Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee as Mayor of New York did more to damage the reputation of James John ("Jimmy") Walker, his predecessor, than a year's investigating by Samuel Seabury. Mayor McKee, young, handsome, sober, tackled his new job with a vigor and thoroughness that made...
Before the Board of Estimate over which the Mayor presides came a contract for printing ballots for this week's municipal primary. Martin B. Brown Printing & Binding Co. bid $114,760 for the job, Burland Printing Co., $65,000. The Brown concern, long a Tammany favorite, had won practically all...
Two hours later he shook off sleuthing reporters and disappeared alone in his $17,000 nickel-trimmed Duesenberg. Somewhere about the city he met John Francis Curry, leader of Tammany Hall and John H. McCooey, Democratic boss of Brooklyn. At 10 p. m. he returned in high spirits to his...
"Holy Joe" McKee, grave, handsome, scholarly, was born & bred in the sprawling Bronx north of the Harlem River. As a boy he sold newspapers. At Fordham University he was an honor graduate. Before studying law he taught Latin and Greek at his Alma Mater, English in one of the city...
The political effects of the Walker case on the presidential campaign remained a matter of public guesswork and individual speculation. The most widely held view was that developments had hurt Governor Roosevelt and helped President Hoover. The Mayor's resignation had deprived the Governor of a spectacular chance to...