Two years ago Franklin D. Roosevelt landed in Florida from a fishing trip and Mayor Anton Joseph Cermak of Chicago was fatally shot while standing by the running board of the President-elect's automobile. Result: a local politician, named Edward Joseph Kelly, was picked by Chicago's Democratic bosses and appointed by Chicago's City Council to fill Cermak's unexpired term. Last week Franklin Roosevelt again landed in Florida from a fishing trip (see p. 13) and Mayor Kelly, standing for the first time for popular election, polled more votes than any other Mayor of...
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