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New York Mayoral Race and Federal Patronage Ties
Ny Leslie Eichel reports that McKee leads in straw polls for the New York mayoral race with LaGuardia second and O'Brien third. Tammany hints at federal patronage via Flynn Farley, threatening Curry and McCooey. Smith hesitates amid Roosevelt ties as plans shift to unfreeze deposits in closed banks. Wall Street cheers public ownership defeat in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Leslie Eichel
New York
Joseph Vv. McKee
McKee
Florello H. LaGuardia
John P. O'Brien
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John F. Curry
Tammany
Ross John H. McCooey
Brooklyn
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Tammany Tiger
Smith Curry
McCooey
Alfred B. Smith
O’brien
Smith
al Smith