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Goould Schurman, Fusion NOM
inee, 176.468. and Pecora 118,4S5.
LaGuardia's victory foreshad.
owed the reorganization Of Tam
many Hall
The prestige Of John F. Curry.
Tammany leader. suffered a dis
tinct decline. Rumors were cur
rent that Curry's days as the boss
Of T.amm any are numbered
O'Brien was his personal choice.
He insisted upon running
O'3rien in the face Of what ap-
peared to many Of his advisers to
be almost certain defeat and he
Is now taking the brunt Of the
blame for the wrecking Of the
Tammany machine.
It was the first time in 20
years that control Of the city
government was wrested from
Tammany. The last Fusion vict-
ory occurred in 1918, when the
late John Purroy Mitchell was
elected mayor.
LaGuardia will 60 into office
January / for a term Of four
years with a brand new line up:
He carried to victory with him
five members Of the Board Of Esti-
mate. Samuel Levy. borough
president Of Manhattan, and
James j. Lyons. Democratic-Re-
covery candidate for borough
president Of the Bronx. were the
only Democrats to survive the
landslide.
LaGuardia'S victory was =
startling reverse from what hap
pened four years ago when Tam
Hnany's gay Jimmy" Walker de-
feated La Guardia, then running
on the Republican ticket. by half
Q million votes.
Seabury Triumph
It definitely showed the react
lon of the people to the various
charges Of graft lodged against
Tammany by the Hofstadter legis-
lative committee and it's chief
counsel, Samuel Seabury. Sea.
bury was La Guardia's principal
hacker.
In this campaign. LaGuardia
fought it out on the same issues
he made four years ago and he
had the unStinted support Of Sea-
bury and other Fusion leaders.
Tammany was accused Of hav.
ing brought the city almost to
the verge Of bankruptcy. It was
charged that graft was universal
and that political sinecures put
terrific drain on the treasury and
ran up taxes to the point where
almost every taxpayer in New
York was in revolt.
Wins Every Borough
EaGuardia carried every Dor
ough. He led O'Brien in Man.
haitian. former stronghold Of
Tammany, by $685.. He was vic
torious in the Bronx. home Dor
ough Of Mckee, by a margin OF
21,126.
He won Brooklyn by 1910
over O'Brien. He carried Queens
by 13,446 over Mckee and Rich
mond by S.645 over the same
candidate.
McKee's defeat was a blow to
the Roosevelt Democrats, includ-
ing James A. Farley, the Demo
cratic State and national chair
man, who openly espoused the Re
covery candidates cause.
Farley and Edward J. Flynn.
Democratic leader Of the Bronx,
were credited with putting Mckee
In the race.
The Mckee forces sought to give
the impression that Mckee had
the support Of President Roose'
welt and his close friend, Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman. But at no
time during the campaign did Mr..
. Roosevelt utter a word in NC
KEGS behalf.
HOuSecleaning Due
The election Of LaGuardia pre-
sages almost a clean sweep Of
Tammany job holders. It is re-
garded as certain that one Of
LaGuardia's first acts upon
taking office will be to slash the
heavy city payroll. Balancing
the budget is the most important
task confronting the next mayor.
The mayor.elect was born in
New York city December ii.
1882. He has had a colorful
political career. In 1904 he was
appointed consular agent at
Fiume. Italy. He began practice
. Of law in 1910 and was ap-
pointed Deputy Attorney Cen
eral in 1915.
During the war he served as
q major in United States air
corps on the italian front. AS
Q Representative he was an ag-
gressive Republican. He began
his first term in Congress in
1917. In 1922 he was elected to
, Congress again and remained
there for 10 years.
He was defeated in 1929 for
mayor Of New York and in 1882
for Congress.
He has q bristling, picturesque
personality and has a reputation
as q fighter for whatever causes
he eSpouSes.
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