Evening star., 1943-01-18

causing the city to lose more than
sl00000o.
"Flynn's law firm subsequently,
became general counsel to this COM
pany and his law partner. Mr.. Mon
roe Goldwater, served as direc-
tor" he said.
Schultz Appointment.
Senator Bridges charged also that
Mr.. Flynn appointed Dutch"
Schultz, notorious racketeer, a dep
uty sheriff when Mr.. Flynn was
Bronx County sheriff and that
Schultz served throughout Mr..
Flynn's term although the sheriff
knew he was criminal.
Finally he charged that the Bronx
County grand jury investigation of
the paving block scandal was con-
Quoted by political Stooge of
Flynn's and was improperly han
died, to the disgust Of at least one
member of the grand jury"
The Juror, Senator Bridges said,
would appear before the committee
to tell why Flynn was exonerated. ="
Mr.. Flynn, aware beforehand of
the nature of the charges likely to
be made, had already denied them,
In his letter this week to Senator
Connally, Mr. Flynn said ne would
welcome the chance to defend him.
self against "baseless charges"
Il believe that the air should
be thoroughly cleared of inuendo
hearsay and gossip with reference
to these year-old charges against
me-"
But to return to the early days
when Lawyer Flynn was scratching
in the thin soil of minor Bronx
courts for the little pay dirt he
could find.
Graduate of Fordham.
1t was not long after he was
graduated from Fordham Univer-
sity Law School that he began to
dahple in the Democratic party
affairs of his home borough, and in
1917 when he was rs years old he
was elected to the State Assembly
Next he was sheriff of the Bronx
job not without possibilities foy
an ambitious man who wanted to
build his own political organization
Mr.. Flynn was tireless. He had a
good pattern for organization before
him in the then firmly bedded
Iammany Hall He didn't deviate
from an old Tammany rule that a
political boss doesn't just grow by
chance, but by steady plugging 36a
days year.
That he did, year after wear
meanwhile serving as secretary OF
state when Mr. Roosevelt was Gov
ernor
He has dominated Democratic af-
fairs IN the Bronx for a score OF
years, and after Tammanv broke
with Mr., Roosevelt to support AL
fred E. Smith in 1882 much Of the
rich dish OF patronage which is
served TO deserving Democrats in
this city of 100000 people was his
to portion out as he saw fit
Successor to Farley.
BY 1886 Mr.. Flynn was the Demo-
cratic national committeeman for
New York, and in 1910 he became
the national chairman wier James
A. Farley quit. He also was one of
that select and secretive group led
by Harry Hopkins which ran the
essential affairs of the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago
from a suite in the Blackstone Ho-
tel when President Roosevelt was
nominated for third term.
Mr.. Flynn is not an ordinary poll
tician.
He is pleasant and quiet (but a
fighter nevertheless). and his slightly
nasal voice always is nicely modu-
lated
Frequently he speaks slowly, and
seems to be weighing his words with
the care OF man who doesn't want
to make slip. His friends think
that might be a good trait for a
potential diplomat
For the most part he dresses con-
servatively, but he has a penchAnt
for gaudy and fiamboyant ties