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Box Co., Inc. But politics was his real interest, and Jack soon earned a reputation as a loyal if lackluster satrap of Tammany Hall. When the Manhattan borough presidency became available in 1953. Jack was available. He was proud to point out that he was the highest-paid ($25,000...
Strong Voice. A French-educated tribal chieftain with a Tammany sachem's flair for politics, Houphouet-Boigny became a member of the French Assembly in 1945, joined forces with the Communists, but broke with them in 1950. He eventually parlayed his role as an African spokesman into a three...
This year the local Democratic organization is Balkanized -the Eleanor Roosevelt rebels do not talk to Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio and the other organization regulars-but all sides heaved together under Kennedy direction to ring out a record 3,622,000 registration of voters. Compared with 1956, registration...
In the big cities Thompson has encountered stiff, if subtle, resistance from the organization bosses, who fear that they may lose control of their districts if thousands of rediscovered Democrats suddenly outnumber faithful machine supporters. In New York, the reformers complain that Tammany workers will not walk up more than...
In company with Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio and other worthies, Museum of Modern Art Director Alfred H.