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by Title: Through The Mayors' EyesBuffalo, New York 1832 - 2005
The History of a Great American City as Told by The Men Who Ran It
Through hundreds of speeches, newspaper articles, history books, and many other source, the biographies of 54 men* who have been mayor of Buffalo, New York, tells the political, personal, and historical tales of New York's second largest city. We begin to see how the small canal town grew to be an industrial powerhouse, eventually sending one man to the White House.
There are over 100 photos, including the official portraits, which have never been published before.
Francis X. Schwab: 1922-1925, 1926-1929
He immediately wanted to ban the police reserves, a body of civilian police empowered to aid the regular police in times of undue stress. Used mainly during the war, there was much criticism about the group misusing authority and flashing their badges and revolvers at every opportunity. They were no longer needed, the mayor ordered them disbanded, and the Council agreed. The group put up a fight, but in the end Schwab won.
Schwab now had his sights set on dismissing the vice and dry squads of the police department and ordered Chief Burfiend to do so. ``They ought to be out catching crooks, not snooping around," stated Schwab.
This did not bide well with the Federation of Churches and the Anti-Saloon League. They hinted that Schwab was gilded with vice. He now started shifting the police captains to different precincts, breaking up the vice details.
The Reverend George A. Fowler, head of the Anti-Saloon League in Buffalo, was hysteric. He charged that the mayor was ``out to make the streets run red with booze and predicted a dire fate for the city with Schwab at the helm.''
The mayor then took on the school board, demanding the resignation of the board president. They started gathering legal advice and prepared to fight the mayor ...
...All this had occurred within the mayor's first week of office.''
"I found fascinating the personal history of each mayor and how each mayor adapted to govern a diverse city." - Frank A. Sedita III
Michael F. Rizzo has crafted an unrivaled history of the city, told by the events that shaped it and seen through the prism of the personalities of these remarkable men who guided Buffalo the city.
* not including the current mayor, Byron Brown
ISBN: 1-4116-3757-7
$29.95
© 2006 Western New York Wares Inc.