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Masons used to have. Some parts of the Masonic order had it. It was that every Mason must take care of every other Mason. There was a time in my youth when it used to be said in certain circles in New England that no one could get a job unless he was a Mason. If he was from the West and an utter stranger - came from away, as we used to say - and if he was a Mason and could show his credentials, he could get a job. Whereas other new people coming to Boston couldn't get jobs. I don't know how true that was, but it was that same idea - the Masons take care of their own - which in Masonry I'm told sprung from the Mohammedan religion which had such an influence upon them. I don't know to this day whether Masonry rests on the Mohammedan religion or not. I haven't any idea. It is something I speak ignorantly of. However, certainly that's the Mohammedan idea - every man must take care of all of his relatives and that the whole Moslem society is one and is a brotherhood.

Tammany Hall is a brotherhood. These principles of getting jobs for district leaders' relatives and friends, which were so deplored by Mr. George McAneny, Mr. Henry L. Stimson and many other people, as well as all of non-Tammany New York, are principles which in and of themselves have goodness as their basis - kindness, mercy and helpfulness -