Reminiscences of Thomas Edmund Dewey, 1959.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, governor

Scope and Contents

Family background, childhood in Michigan, music; legal education, University of Michigan and Columbia; early legal experience; Chief Assistant United States Attorney, 1931-1933; George Z. Medalie; political experience, 9th and 10th Assembly Districts, New York City; United States Attorney; Young Republican Club; Fiorello La Guardia; 1932 campaign, New York State; income tax and Samuel Seabury investigation; labor gangster cases; private practice, 1934; special prosecutor, 1935; rackets investigation and "Lucky" Luciano; New York County District Attorney, 1937: procedural changes, blue ribbon juries, Hines Case; campaigns 1938, 1939, 1940; United Service Organizations campaign, 1942

Subjects

• Crime.
• Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971--Interviews.
• Governors--New York (State)--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Practice of law.

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