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Show HOUSING : Political Vogue Yogue Y ogue ? Periowlcally Perlodlcall.Y PerlodlcallY Periodically . there arises a Davidwho David Davidwho Davidwho who lay alays slays the wicked giant alant GoliathUsually Goliath GoliathUsually GoliathUsually Usually It set lets sets * a fashion until unW cor cor- corruptness corruptness corEUptneas - ruptness EUptneas again catches hold Lastyear La.t Lat Last Lastyear . year e8r New York'a Yorka York's Yorks York ' . racket bUltlna busting bUltlnaStates bustingStates bustingState States * Attorney Taomas Thoma Thomas . E . K B . Dewey Deweybecame Deweybecame Deweybecame became a David . , captured public publicfancy publicfancy publicfancy fancy Inspired radio programs proaraml and andplaced andplaced andplaced placed wicked politicians on the de de- do defensive defensive - . fensive . . The public obviously want want- wanted wantcml wanted - - ed cml reform and no po more racketsWhen rackets racketsWhen When Tom Dewey Dewer began loominga loomingas loominl looming ( 81 as * a ri0 1940 1040 G 0 OOP 0 P presidential pOI pos pOIslbWty possibillty possiblllty slbWty sibillty reformaUMt retormaUon reformation . Bounded .ounded ounded sounded like likegood likegood I IIood Iood good ( strategy strateI ) ' tor for any aspiring pollUclan poU poll pollUcian , Ucian or party By early July , . Attomey At Attorney i torney General Frank Murphy Murvhy ladbehind had bad hadbehind badbehind behind him tuna an excellent elient record of of.mashine ofsmashing f fmashing mashing .mashine mashine smashing . corrupt political poliUcal machines machine machinesI machinesUke , I | ( like Uke Kansas City Cit1 ) " ' * . 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Meanwhile there was arising an another another another other adminlstratloa administration racket bustInl busting bustInlprogram bustingprogram bustingprogram program under guidance of the Jus Justice jusUce jusUce tice Uce department s a Thurroan Thurman W Ar Arnold Arnold Arnold nold Its aim To drive trust prac practices practices practices tices price Oxtos flxfng fixing and collusion out outof outof outof of the U S building Industry The Theday Theday Theday day Mr Arnold told his plans to tothe tothe tothe the temporary national economic economicpomrnittee economiccommittee pomrnittee ommlttee Chicago Dally Daily NewsWilliam News Newa NewsWilliam NewaWilliam William H Fort wrote from trom WashIngton Wash Washington Washington ington that this was obviously theNew the theNew theNew New Deal s a most ambitious trustbusting trust trustbusting trustbusting busting venture in Its attempt topush to topush topush push young Tom Dewey s a New Yorkactivities York YorkactivitIes Yorkactivities activitIes into luto the shade shadeDesigning shadeDestgnlng shadeDesigning Designing Destgnlng or not not , . 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