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Devil into Savior. A more spectacular example of Communist organizing technique is the ancient town of Albi in southwestern France. For centuries the people of Albi have blown fine glassware. To them and their peasant neighbors a year ago a Communist was no more welcome than the Devil himself. But...
What do you think the Army does-make broadminded zealots out of small-town Bilbo fans? Or educators for democracy out of kids brought up under Tammany's protective wings? . . . Prejudiced? Hell, yes, they're prejudiced. They learned it at home. . . .
Died. George Zerdin Medalie, 62, shorttime associate judge of New York State's Court of Appeals, longtime twister of the Tammany Tiger's tail; after a heart attack; in Albany. In 1933, Medalie passed on to Protégé Thomas E. Dewey the U.S. attorneyship that put...
But the election was significant evidence of a new trend in Manhattan politics. In former years, a light vote always meant that Tammany's Democratic machine had things its own way. Now it was the leftwing political actionists, not the party regulars, who turned out to vote regardless of...
Tammany's paternalistic precinct captain seemed to be losing ground to the ruggedly radical, rain-or-shine A. L. Partisan.