Word: wagnerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Struggle. In a sense, it was only the latest round of the notorious fight between New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner and his old foe, Bronx Boss Charles Buckley. What made the battle intriguing to political fight fans far beyond the borders of New York State was the fact that Buckley is an ally of Bobby Kennedy's and backed him for Senator when Wagner was still trying to keep Bobby out of the state-suggesting that the real struggle may be between Kennedy and Wagner over eventual control of New York...
...current conflict turned on two jobs-majority leader of the state senate and speaker of the state assembly. Wagner backed a couple of proven mediocrities, while a coalition headed by Buckley decided to push two other candidates who were hardly less mediocre but both good Buckley men-State Senator Julian B. Erway, 65, a conservative Albany lawyer and cattle breeder, and Assemblyman Stanley Steingut, 44, Brooklyn's influential anti-Wagner Democratic leader...
...sooner had Erway been designated for the senate job than the Wagner forces started fighting back. Four liberal state senators from New York City charged that Erway was a "Goldwater Democrat" who had voted with the Republicans on occasion, had fought a measure to ban discrimination in public housing. Erway countered the discrimination charge with the feeble defense that he was on excellent terms with his Negro maid, and that during Civil War days his farm had served as a station on the Underground Railroad...
...part, Wagner cried "Boss-ism!" and sulked. Resistance to Erway's nomination began to mount steadily, and by last week even Boss Buckley was backing away. The likely outcome: Erway will be sacrificed by Buckley & Co. to allow Wagner his own choice for majority senate leader, in return for which Wagner will accept Steingut as assembly leader...
...harbor fireboats turned on their hoses in an aquatic tribute. But the most emotional moment of the returning Nobel prizewinner's welcome by New York came during his reception at city hall, where King, his wife Coretta and his parents were given a standing ovation by Mayor Robert Wagner, photographers and civil rights leaders. Said Wagner, presenting a Medallion of Honor: "This city has welcomed many world-renowned figures, but I can think of none who has won a more lasting place in the moral epic of America...