Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-20 | Page 8 | Roosevelt Urges 'Clean' Tammany

Roosevelt Urges lean Ien Tammany NEW V YORK May 20 Con iP P Con I gressman-elect gressman Franklin D D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt vet Jr flying Jr-flying flying to Israel Friday for a visit visit has has thrown his weight behind the growing demand for fora a housecleaning in Tammany hall He hopes Tammany leader Hugo HugoE E E. E Rogers will quit or be voted out as quickly as possible and thinks leader ex-leader Frank J. J Sampson Samp Samp- I son would be a good choice for the post Roosevelt who trounced a Tammany Tammany Tammany Tam Tam- many candidate and two others in ina ina ina a congressional election Tuesday spoke on the leadership issue as ashe ashe ashe he left for Israel Thursday night Roosevelt told newsmen at La LaGuardia LaGuardia LaGuardia Guardia field that he lie favors a amore amore amore more democratic system of electing electing electing elect elect- ing Tammany district leaders Speaking of Sampson Sampson- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt said he is a man of high principle and integrity and a strong liberal Mayor William ODwyer who once called Tammany a gutter club met Thursday with leaders of the Fair Deal Democrats an Rogers anti-Rogers group