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Jimmy Walker
Thomas, Norman | October 5, 1932 issue

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The article presents information on James Joseph Walker. Walker and William Hale Thompson are the two greatest wonders of American city politics. Walker was a machine-made mayor, but almost equally he was a press-made mayor. He was "good copy for the boys," and shrewd men know that the sheer weight of publicity is the important initial factor in creating a political hero in America. Walker knew how to use his commanding position as mayor to win that publicity. It is indicative of the public attitude toward politics that Walker's failure to be a good mayor was not considered half so serious as any personal dishonesty that might be charged against him.

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PUBLICITY; POLITICAL parties; MAYORS; POLITICIANS; WALKER, James Joseph; THOMPSON, William Hale
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