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They got Jack with his departure from the Manhattan Borough President's office, Tammany and Carmine De Sapio were next to follow.

Mr. De Sapio was challenged by reformers in the Village where his club was located and in the interim in fighting a fellow named Ed Koch was elected District Leader to replace DeSapio.

The loss of his district leadership meant that Carmine could not hold his County leadership post either so a new leader had to be found to supplement him in that spot also.

The task of leading what was left of a tottering Tammany fell to Ed Cavanaugh, a friend and a strong voice among the leaders. Mr. Cavanaugh was only to serve in the position until a leader with tenure could be elected. That leader turned out to be Ed Costikyan who had friends in both reform and regular camps.

But I am ahead of my story a bit. I have taken brick bats from friends and foe alike for my loyalty to Hulan Jack and I would like to devote a few paragraphs on why I respected and was devoted to Mr. Jack.

I first met Hulan in the late thirties as a member of Alpha Delta & Epsilon Sigma Chapters of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.

On graduation from Morehouse College in Atlanta, I was sent to Macon, Georgia to establish a subsidiary newspaper for the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. While in Macon, Vincent Tubbs, another Morehouse man and I were fortunate in meeting Bobbie Kitchens' Mother, a lady who owned a beauty parlour in the Negro professional building on Cherry Street. Mrs. Kitchen took pity on Tubbs and me and allowed

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[[caption]] The Day H.H. Humphrey visited Harlem [[/caption]]

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