When Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee withdrew (TIME, May 15), the field of New York City politics looked cleared entirely for Tammany Hall. A mayoral election comes this autumn and on the scene loomed no figure of importance except Distinguished Citizen Al Smith, who almost certainly would not lead a fusion ticket against his good friend and fellow Tammany Sachem, Mayor John Patrick O'Brien.
Suddenly last week the silence and serenity were rent by a voice not heard in New York since it was stilled by the death of the 72nd Congress last...
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