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Speaking on the future of New York politics, the former head of Tammany Hall urged Empire State Democrats to stop fighting over, "who will be Mayor in 1945," and start working for the reelection of President Kennedy.
Mutual Aid. The bank's new direction was set by current Chairman S. H. (for Sieng Heng) Ho, 62. Spotting the success Western banks were having by talking about "your friendly banker." Ho began to woo the small savers who had been overlooked by the older banks in Hong...
The Forward rose to great influence on the tidal waves of immigrants that broke over New York before and just after World War I. By 1918, it was strong enough to help break Tammany's hold on the Lower East Side and elect a Socialist, Meyer London, to the...
Ryan's first victory against Tammany came in 1957, when upper West Side Democrats chose him as district leader. By 1960 he was popular enough to wrest the Congressional nomination for New York's 20th district from Tammany's inert Ludwig Teller. This fall, when Tammany and upstate Republicans reapportioned...
The primary fight against Zelenko offered the Reform movement their most severe challenge, and a most significant victory. Zelenko, a prosaic Congressman with a very spotty attendance record in Congress, had parlayed Tammany endorsement into an eight year stay in Washington. Thrown against another Democrat, Zelenko chose to test the...