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think too much of Eddie Flynn because he put on airs. Also, he was setting himself up to be the ruler of the Bronx. Tammany was already, as far back as '26 and '27, showing signs of splitting open at the seams. It wasn't quite operating as had been intended. Ever after Charlie Murphy died Tammany Hall wasn't quite what it used to be. It didn't have quite the power, quite the strength and didn't operate quite as smoothly.

Eddie Flynn, seeing the population shift, would say openly that Tammany Hall was on the decline and on the rocks. He would say, “Don't bother to listen to what they say at the Hall. Listen to me.” He would say that to politicians and business people. He was so plausible because he was so mannerly. He had such good address that people were inclined to think that in Eddie Flynn we'd got an entirely new type of Democratic politician and you didn't have to do business with Tammany Hall, which had come to be held in disrepute by many circles without knowing much about it. I think there was lots to be said in favor of Tammany Hall as a political instrumentality.

By 1928 Roosevelt was trying to be friendly with Tammany Hall, but not too friendly because he had to carry upstate too. Upstate was not pro-Tammany Hall. In his early career he had been anxious to be regarded as anti-Tammany