The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-18
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS
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New York, Dec. 18.-New York City's Locality Mayors held heir annual Installation Dinner the other evening and for the seventh consecutive year, wished Stitch" Mccarthy, head man of Grand Street, the best of pot-luck.
 stitch" made a speech be- tween puffs on a cigar; his broth- CT Locality Mayors heckied His Excellency and telegrams were read from President Roosevelt, Governor Lehman, Mayor La- Guardia, Police Commissioner Valentine and Alfred Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin, all regretting their inability to attend. These telegrams come every year, as the Locality Mayors expect, but miss ing in person this year, was wireless Louie", the Paul Re- were of the lower East Side and Q mayor at large. "Wireless Louie" who is authority on anything that happens east or west of Delaney Street, has turned in his badge. New York's Locality Mayors, for your information, are @ group of cordial men who set them selves up as the benevolent des- pots in those districts where they live. They have absolutely no con- nection with City Hall except as ordinary citizens perogative. Their duties as mayors (which they impose upon themselves) consist of keeping extreme pover- ty off the block, breaking up fla grant crap games, keeping little Tony out of jail for tossing a rock at MT. Smiths plateglass and avoiding martial tiffs among their constituents. There is no pay at- tached to their jobs and the ex- penses (plenty) come out of their own pockets.
 Big Cleanup
 They are filled with civic pride. For example, a short while back, stitch" Mccarthy gave Harry Schwartz, mayor of Cooper Square, a buzz and gently informed him that he had received complaints about the statute to Peter Cooper. Peter Cooper had not been wash ed behind the ears for months and was gathering dust. Whereupon, Locality Mayor Harry Schwartz, personally hurried over with buck ct of studs and a mop and swabbed Peter Cooper from head to foot. He not only gave the statute a bath but tossed in manicure.
 Being a Locality Mayor doesn't take all of a mans hours. Besides serving as temporal ruler over Grand Street, Stitch" is a bail bond expert, Mayor Angelo Rizzo of Mulberry street is a spaghetti magnate, Mayor William Marcus of Ann street is the proprietoh of a high-class pool-room and the Mayors Max Dick (Rivington Street,, Louis Cohen (E. 7th St.)), and Louis Hirsch Prospect Ave) are undertakers. Bill Robinson Negro king of the tap dancers, has been Locality Mayor from Harlem for years, and Poy T. Yee, who runs the most profitabls mis- sion in Chinatown, carries the portmanteau and the torch for Mott street. Retirement Mystery
 Nobody seems to know, by the way, why "Wireless Louie" who at one time could make or break a Locality Mayor, has retired. Wireless Louie" (zeltner) got his nickname because of his Tightening speed in transmitting any news events of the lower east side to the press.
 There are hundreds of stories about the Locality Mayors phil- anthropies. There's the one about Mayor Max Dicks house for ba- bies. A good many years ago Mayor Dick looked up at a tene- ment house on Rivingto.i Street from which he had just been boot ed for failure to pay his rent and swore Some day that build ing will belong to me and pool people will live there even if they cannot pay me-" Well, No. 6s Rivington Street came into thl hands of Mayor Dick as he pros. pered, and became the well knowr House of Babies where every ten. ant, celebrating the arrival of { newborn babe, was rewarded by the landlord with Q large .casl gift. And where no one has evel been disposseSsed.