Word: tammanyman
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Arms for the Head. Before his roistering House, Speaker Byrns would be completely at a loss without two arms that help to uphold the Head of the House. One of them is bland, supercilious Representative John J. O'Connor, Tammanyman and brother of Franklin Roosevelt's oldtime law partner. Democrat O'Connor, as Chairman of the Rules Committee, has helped in part to make up for the absence of Leader Bankhead. Only trouble is that Chairman O'Connor is so willing to stiff-arm opposition that he is not overly beloved by the House...
Last week Mrs. Wright appeared in Supreme Court in Manhattan, accompanied by one George Hoy, one Gabrielle Grey and Manuel Del Moya, "attache" of the Dominican Consulate. Taking the stand before Referee John P. Cohalan, crusty oldtime Tammanyman, she asked pertly: "Your Honor, may I ask you a question...
Manhattan's wizened District Attorney Thomas C. T. Grain, 72-year-old Tammanyman, said he was "powerless to act" without names of suspects, referred the problem to police...
...Later, Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt started State investigations into the Ewald case and into all Manhattan-&-The Bronx judgeships by Republican Attorney General Hamilton Ward, and by Justice Samuel Seabury for the Appellate Division, a Democrat but an oldtime Tammany foe. Justice Crater was not only a Tammanyman, but also president of the Cayuga Club, had been toastmaster at the dinner celebrating Magistrate Ewald's appointment. But when Attorney Tuttle, apprised of the Justice's disappearance, examined his records, nothing was found to discredit...