The Roosevelt MythLudwig von Mises Institute, 1948 - 438 pages |
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Page 183
... Tammany Hall was the organization that managed the Democratic hosts of the city . It had a long and at times unsavory existence . Its motto was " To the victor belongs the spoils " and the spoils consisted not merely in jobs that went ...
... Tammany Hall was the organization that managed the Democratic hosts of the city . It had a long and at times unsavory existence . Its motto was " To the victor belongs the spoils " and the spoils consisted not merely in jobs that went ...
Page 184
... Tammany leader might have a silent partner in some firm handling contracts with the city . In cities , the bonding and insuring business is an important element in all kinds of activities — bonds in the courts , bonds of office holders ...
... Tammany leader might have a silent partner in some firm handling contracts with the city . In cities , the bonding and insuring business is an important element in all kinds of activities — bonds in the courts , bonds of office holders ...
Page 185
... Tammany district , for instance , now flowed not a few thousand dol- lars passed around in the methodical and economical manner of the boss , but hundreds of thousands , even millions , The Shock Troops of the Third New Deal 185.
... Tammany district , for instance , now flowed not a few thousand dol- lars passed around in the methodical and economical manner of the boss , but hundreds of thousands , even millions , The Shock Troops of the Third New Deal 185.
Page 186
... Tammany and , as it turned out , he was probably the worst of all the leaders in that organization . Tammany men knew all about him and he became after that the model and pattern to which Tammany conformed . He was Jimmy Hines , the ...
... Tammany and , as it turned out , he was probably the worst of all the leaders in that organization . Tammany men knew all about him and he became after that the model and pattern to which Tammany conformed . He was Jimmy Hines , the ...
Page 187
... Tammany . In 1933 , LaGuardia came into power in New York City and for the next ten years Tammany lost its hold upon the political ma- chinery of New York save through some of the borough govern- ments and by 1942 lost its hold in ...
... Tammany . In 1933 , LaGuardia came into power in New York City and for the next ten years Tammany lost its hold upon the political ma- chinery of New York save through some of the borough govern- ments and by 1942 lost its hold in ...
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