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1s hospital room in a wheel chair. Bh fainted at his bedside. At Mrs. Burke nodded to hep » Ts a adopted chilJimmy Jr. 9, who lived with | Mr. Walker, and Mary Ann, 10, whom friends ana Mav from her ~ boarding school yesterday, They His 66 years left few marks on
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shroud as he lay in state today, few | grey strands in his black hair.
Mr. Walker. There were few lines else, in the white face above the dark It was
Y. Pay Final Jimmy Walker
went to the state senate in 1914, where he served 11 years. Spotlight Never Left Him Thén came the big time, the spotlight which never left him. In| 1925, Jimmy was nominated for | mayor and won with a plurality of more than 400,000 votes over Frank D. Waterman, the wealthy fountain pen manufacturer. e If his administration had nothing it had color. It had warmth. in sharp contrast to his | predecessor, John F. Hylan, and it won him many admirers, In 1929, just before the big de-
big
‘I Was Never Late’
for ents — Including one, with President Calvin Coolidge— | solemnly replied: “Iwas never late for a meal or a
good time.”
en past when James J. Walker died.
Above all other public figures, the little man with the wide grin and the slicked-down hair typified the days when Manhattan was gin-hap-py. That was when every night ‘ras filled with the wonders of good champagne and pretty chorus girls. As New York's mayor, Jimmy's official acts often were severely questioned by serious-minded citigens, and once charges were filed with the governor demanding his removal. Yet, despite this, the big town’s people still loved him, A Superb Orator Mr. Walker was volatile and irrepressible. He was a master of the wisecrack, deft at repartee. He was a superb orator and a natural showman. As s political tactician, few surpassed him. While mayor, he spent much of his time at the swank Central Park ecasino—where ginger ale cost $2 a bottle and champagne went at $25. Did the little people, the voters, get sore? They loved him for it. Mr. Walker was born June 19, 1881, in a little red brick house in the heart of Greenwich Village. He got his first taste of politics in 1909, at 28, when he was elected to the state assembly. It was here that he met another famous product of the sidewalks New York—Al Smith. Mr. Smith, an eight-term veteran, took the younger man under his wing and they became inseparable friends. Wrote Song Lyrics Mr. Walker still found time to work at his first love—music. He wrote the lyrics to a popular song called “Will You Love Me in De‘cember as You Did in May?” This brought him $10,000 in royalties, and he got a job in a musical show called “The Duke of Duluth.” He met his first wife, Janet Allen, Clinton, Ia, in the “Duke” show. They were married in 1012.
while Mr. Walker dressed to the teeth they worked well together.
bill that would permit New York
terference from the rest of the state.
Time stopped for Jimmy Walker, | H. LaGuardia, the “Little Flower," who when criticized for being late,
Néw York lost a link to the gold-|
Mr. Smith always wore $12 suits, said: in Manhattan's finest. But| been mayor of New York—and a)
~ Mr. Walker fought persistently tell you that you can be mayor for welfare legislation and for a again any time you want to.”
City to run its affairs without in-|the voters felt about him.
People liked him so well that he'gotten.
bacle, Mr. Walker defeated Fiorello
by the largest plurality ever rejssived by & mayoralty candidate | p to that time, Knew All the Answers He had everything. He knew all | the answers—and he knew all the | him. He was New York's “ambassador of good will" he travelled, he left the imprint of his genial personality. { As mayor, he went everywhere, He visited night clubs, prize Rghta, luncheons, and dinners. Then, in 1932, disaster caught up, with him. Governor Franklin D.| Roosevelt ordered an investigation | of charges that New York Oity’s |government was being run corruptly. Samuel. Seabury was! named to head the inquiry. By mid-summer numerous charges were filed, many of which that Mr. | Walker apparently couldn't answer, {In September, 1932, Mr. Walker issued a short statement: “I hereby resign.as mayor of the city of New York, sald resignation to take effect immediately.” | “Through With Politics’ | That was the climax of Jimmy's public life. After that, it was mostly downhill running. He sailed for Europe, saying that he was “through with politics.” In March, 1933, the first Mrs. Walker sued for divorce. Less than a month later Mr. Walker and the late Betty Compton, | a movie actress, were married at Cannes, France. They were divorced several years later. Upon returning to the United States in 1935, Jimmy and Betty adopted two children, Mary AB) and James John IIL Jimmy made several half-hearted attempts to re-enter politics. But they never jelled to any extent, | ‘You Are Our Jimmy’ But down through the years he remained a familiar face on Broadway, and the weariest subway rider was ready to smile upon catching a glimpse of Jimmy Walger. When Mr. Walker returned from Europe, the welcoming committee |
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“You are our Jimmy. You have
great mayor—and we are here to
That was the way that most of|
Jimmy Walker, as a politician, was defeatad—but he was never for-
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