Government
Feb. 21, 2025
Deja news: When Harry Truman bailed out the mayor of New York
In 1950, President Truman intervened to help Mayor Bill O'Dwyer avoid prosecution for corruption by appointing him Ambassador to Mexico, a move that reflected a cynical disregard for the rule of law in the face of scandal, drawing comparisons to modern political evasion tactics.
The president pulled strings bailing out the Mayor of New York, saving him from a stint in the hoosegow. The rule of law was thrown overboard to save cynically a sinking ship of scandal. Good government bedwetters wailed while John Q. Public shrugged his shoulders at politics as usual. President Trump, you say? Nope. Harry Truman.
Ed Flynn, the Democratic Boss of the Bronx, the most influential figure in American history that n...
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