Evening star., 1937-07-26

F, Curry, Tammany leader and oppo-
nent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid
for the presidency, threw him into the
political limelight in 1888
He joined Michael j. Kennedy and
with him soon controlled the fifth
district by recruiting young men to
battle Curry. Appointed head of a
committee of six, Dooling succeeded
in ousting Curry and at Al was elected
to take his place.
1t was the first time in Tammany
history leader had been ousted. The
WlgWam rocked with factional dis
puteS for three months and Dooling
was elected July Is, 1884, only when
two leading ndidates-EdWard J..
Ahearn and Stephen A. Ruddy-with-
drew from the race.
Had RoOsevelts Backing
He won the mantle when Post
master General James A. Farley Of
fered his support and stated Presi-
dent Roosevelt also favored the Dool-
ing nomination. Tammany leaders
saw chance to gain much-needed
Federal patronage and they rallied to
the Doollng cause with unanimous
vote.
Tammany was at a low ebb and
the job facing Dooling was terrific
The Farley backing proved short
lived, and with Federal patronage
coming only in small dribbles. Dooling
custer moves became numerous.
Doollng said Farley had failed to
live up to his promises He said he
had refused to be Farley's rubber
stamp. He got into further trouble
by his friendship with Al Smith, and
when the former Governor joined the
American Liberty League and blasted
the New Deal, Farley again started
an custer movement.
An illness. intestinal toxemia, fol-
flowed by a stroke, in July, 1885, next
plagued Dooling and during his long
absences from the wigwam his en-
emies worked for his custer.
Custer Move Collapses.
The tall, slender Dooling proved to
be a fighter. When he returned to
New York May 2, 1887 he announced
he was Wei and would fight hard to
retain his leadership His sudden re-
turn to office surprised his enemies
and the custer move collapsed again.
He was born July 2, 1898, at 400
West Forty-third street, home his
father had spent his lifetime gaining.
After finishing his studies at Holy
Cross Academy and ST. Francis Xavier
High School, Dooling went to Ford
ham. He graduated in 1915 and en-
tered Fordham's Law School
He left when the war broke out and
joined the 351st Field Artillery He
spent two and a half years in the
Army, ll12 months in the front lines
at St. Mihiel and Metz. When the
tenant
After the war he returned to Ford
ham to gain his law degree and later
to set up Offices.
In 1923 he accepted the only politi-
cal job he has ever held when he be-
came deputy public administrator at
$4,000 per year. He resigned in 1892, a
year after he had taken over his
fathers leadership
Cards on the Table"
He broke into politics when he
reached voting age and acted as his
fathers right-hand man. On assum-
ing the leadership one Of his first
acts was to stage a successful fight
against a judicial candidate proposed
by Curry.
On his election as Tammany Hall
boss he called in leaders of the %
Manhattan districts and said:
Il can't do this Job of rebuilding
Tammany Hall alone, If you men do
not give me unquestioned loyalty and
support at every turn and step. If
you don't want to do that, let's be on
the level about it; tell me so that l
will know where am. If you do, we
will 60 along together and I can
promise you there will be no favorit-
ism, no cliques, no inside coterie run
ming the works Everything must be
on the table. How about it?'
Drew Farley's Fire.
The leaders rallied to his support.
A few months later things changed
rapidly.
He said he had two aims for Tam
many Hall One was to lift its tone
and make it respected in New York.
The other was to back only qualified
men for municipal jobs, he said.
Frank in speech, he called many