Episode 11: Gang Rule in the City: Or, The Most Perfect Party Organization in the World (part 1)

Episode 11: Gang Rule in the City: Or, The Most Perfect Party Organization in the World (part 1)

This is the first episode of a two part program on the powerful Republican City organization led by Congressman William Vare and politics in the city between the two world wars. Includes a consideration of "personal service," voting, endemic corruption in the police department and magistrates courts, the rise of the Democrats, and the remarkable success of one of the nation's last great political machines.

Charles Hardy

I Remember When: Times Gone but not Forgotten

Jan 25, 1983

I REMEMBER WHEN: TIMES GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN was written and produced by Charles Hardy III and broadcast on Fresh Air Funding for this series was made possible by grants from The Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Colonial Penn Group, the Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. “Fresh Air with Terry Gross is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia and distributed by NPR. Podcasts are available at www.npr.org/podcasts and at iTunes.”

35'35"