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DeSapio Victory OK by GOP
Top Republican strategists welcome Carmine DeSapio’s retention of control over Manhattan’s Democratic organization amid factional splits. GOP leaders see DeSapio as a constant target and ponder a fusion bid for mayor in 1961 while Powell presses for Negro employment equity, heightening Democratic tensions.
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Albany
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
DeSapio
Manhattan
Democratic Organization
GOP
New York City
Tammany Hall
Upstate
Roosevelt- Lehman-Finletter
Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem