La Guardia, Mrs. Fiorello H., 358, 452
La Guardia Airport, 452, 757; public authority for, 760, 762
Lake George, 239
Lake Placid, 27, 77
Lambert, Barney, 860, 866, 886, 887, 888, 890-1
Lambie, Morris, 105, 106
Lang, Pearl, 985
Lansky, Meyer, 1044
Latham, William H., 227, 228, 229-30, 271, 371, 374, 484, 809, 811, 814, 1084
Laurelton Parkway, 8, 515, 896
law: defied by public power, 219-20, 276-7, 581; RM's contempt for, 192, 197, 214, 218, 219-20, 275-6, 277-8, 304, 340, 470, 505, 569, 577, 815, 831-2
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 1014
Lazarcheck, Helen, 854
Lazarus, Reuben A., 140, 241, 304, 359, 445 n., 446-7, 463, 478, 484, 586, 587, 593-4, 607-8, 609, 626, 635, 676, 692, 714,721, 729, 788,789, 790
Leavitt, Helen, 927
Lebwohl, William, 484, 752, 802, 878, 1009, ion, 1012, 1017, 1018, 1041-3, 1047, 1050-1, 1052, 1120, 1143, 1149
legal fees, see corruption and honest graft
Legislature, see N.Y.S. Legislature
Lehman, Herbert H., 9, 33, 306, 308, 314, 720, 739; attacked by RM, 409, 412-17, 469-70; character, 412-13, 415, 423; as Governor, 345, 346, 353, 368, 395, 407, 408, 412-17, 418-19, 421, 422, 423, 528-30, 538, 608, 609, 620, 625, 635, 670, 711, 1078; RM and, 345, 362, 413, 423, 529-30, 636, 1071; and public works, 345, 408, 413, 423; social welfare measures of, 418; and utilities,
403-4, 412, 414-15 Lehman family, 33, 34 Letch worth State Park, 227, 239, 240,
245, 246, 317, 318 Levitt, Arthur, 717 /?., 1136, 1138 Levy, Aaron J., 505 Levy, Samuel, 475, 549 Lewis, Sinclair, 39 Lewisohn, Adolph, 460 Lewisohn family, 34 Liberal Party, 778
libraries, 642, 757, 759, 772, 795, 904 Lie, Trygve, 772-4, 775, 1085 Life, 572 Lincoln Center, 6, 19, 830, 1013-16,
1070, 1152, 1157; tenant eviction and
relocation for, 19-20, 741, 830, 986,
1013-14 Lincoln Tunnel, 345, 925; and Port of
N.Y. Authority, 617, 691, 784, 900,
912,918,922 Lindbergh, Charles, 652 Lindenbaum, Abraham, 805 Lindsay, John Vliet: as mayor, 9, 20, 446,
805, 1117-31, 1134; RM and, 1049,
1117-31, 1151, 1154, 1157-8, 1160;
power brokers and, 1118, 1125-9, 1130;
transportation policy of, 118-29, 1132 Lippmann, Walter, 261, 437 Litchfield, Electus D., 547 Livingston, Goodhue, 793, 977 Lloyd, Clinton, 531-2 Lloyd Neck, 152, 170, 182, 186, 205, 212 Lockwood, Charles C, 132 Loeser, Gen. Paul J., 391, 718 Lombardo, Carmen, 818, 819-20 Lombardo, Guy, 14, 817-20, 821-2, 824,
1155
Lombardo, Lebert, 818, 819-20
Long, Huey, 437
Long Beach, 152, 155
Long Island, 147-56, 157, 169-70, 275, 387; baymen, 147-9, 155, i59-6o, 175, 204, 234, 235-6, 312, 822; beaches, 8, 151-2, 153-4, 155, 160, 169-70, 220; commercial development, lack of, 899, 908, 940, 941-2; development in, 202, 205-6, 212, 313, 898-9, 941-2, 945-6, 958, 1152; geology of, 145-7; governments, 275; mass transit needs, 928-9, 941-49, 951, 954~5, 957-8; RM's dreams and plans for, 158, 161-3, 205, 220, 239, 240-1, 281, 309, 619, 834-5, 896, 952-4, 1022, 1152; RM's studies of, 157-63, 169-91; N.Y.C. property on, 157-9, 161-2, 175, 182, 205, 212, 834; North Shore, 146, 150-4, 163, 302, 317, 405, 94i; park attendance, 238, 314; park restrictions, 148; parks and parkways, 8, 10, 170-1, 212, 220,-221, 226, 237-9, 275, 281-2, 287, 290, 305, 3o8~ 313-15, 342, 388-9, 478, 479-80, 481-2, 483, 485, 486, 495,
Long Island (cont.)
515, 517, 518-19, 546, 561, 619, 667, 714, 762, 828, 829, 833, 838, 896, 941, 952, 1022, 1041, 1078; planners and, 899, 944, 950, 956-8; population, 330, 898, 905, 942-3, 945, 947, 957; roads (early), 10, 152-6 passim-, South Shore, 8, 146, 147, 152, 154-6, 157, 159-62, 170, 204, 834-5, 94i; traffic congestion, 515, 516-17, 519, 545, 943-4, 949-51, 955-8; transportation analysis, 956-8; zoning restrictions, 209, 230, 899, 940; see also farmers; Jones Beach State Park; Long Island State Park Commission; Nassau County; Suffolk County; transportation: commuting; and individual parks and highways
Long Island barons, 10, 148-53, 154-5, 163, 174, 195, 257, 478; RM and, 169, 184-5, 211, 244, 263, 277-8, 279, 301-4, 318, 362, 405, 605, 1022; Northern State Parkway and, 205, 211, 277-8, 279, 299-303, 318, 405; as Republicans, 152, 156, 176, 189, 191, 201, 205, 217, 402-3, 404
Long Island City, 396
Long Island Expressway, 6, 517, 698, 918, 925, 940-50, 953; cost of, 947-8; interchanges, 949-50; rapid transit proposed for, 928, 941-2, 944-9; traffic congestion on, 949-50, 956; Triborough funds for, 921, 948
Long Island Press, 1023, 1161
Long Island Rail Road, see transportation
Long Island Sound; 151, 163, 170; "Sound Crossing," 950, 1139, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1147, 1149
Long Island State Park Commission, 13, 167, 267-8, 826, 951, 953-4, 1080, 1155, 1160; attorneys for, 193-4, 203, 204, 214, 216, 219; condemnation by appropriation, use of, 174, 177, 183, 184, 185-205 passim, 214-15, 243-4, 304, 402, 777; employees of, 319, 817, 821, 831-2; funds for, 202-3, 205, 220, 221, 225, 237, 313, 762; headquarters, 212, 226-29, 266; land acquisition for, 182-220 passim, 234-7, 3H-I2, 1152; RM as president, 171, 173, 177, 181-2, 237, 241, 256, 267, 271, 281, 287, 296, 362, 499, 536, 581, 584, 764,
808, 1061, 1074-7, 1080; RM's deviousness in creating, 174-7, 213; and RM's veto power, 710; powers of, 174-5, 185-6, 614, 625; speed in construction for, 212, 226, 231, 237, 238; tolls of, 502, 633-4; yacht (Sea-Ef) of, 270, 276, 457, 458, 602,
809, 813, 816, 832, 1145, 1155; see also individual projects
Look, 1094
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Los Angeles, 940 Low, Seth, 61, 327, 336 Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1 769-70, 896, 925, 1070, 1095,
1152
Lowman, Seymour, 109
Luce, Henry, 1090
Luchese, Thomas, 786
Lundberg, Ferdinand, 1067 n.
Lundy, Jim, 744
Lutsky, Jacob, 463, 507, 706, 707, 728,
752, 764, 775, 799, 800-1, 848, 1015,
1070, 1149 Lutz, Henry, 213, 250, 252, 253-4, 255,
305, 317, 319 Lyons, James J., 727, 744, 749, 766, 771,
794, 928, 1037; and Cross-Bronx
Expressway, 863, 865-6, 867-8, 872,
873, 875, 876, 877, 891 Lyons, Leonard, 1034
M
Macaulay, Thomas, 52, 53
MacDonald, Alexander, 250
Machold, H. Edmund, 403
Mackay, Clarence H., 149, 163, 184-5
Mackay Construction Company, 738
Macombs Dam Park, 373
MacTavish, Henry J., 1105
Macy, W. Kingsland, 154; RM and, 217, 274 n., 406, 469, 777, 831-2, 1069; as politician, 188, 217, 404-5, 407; progressive policies of, 404, 409; and Taylor Estate fight, 184, 186-7, 188-91, 194, 197, 202, 203, 211, 213-14, 215-16, 219, 243, 312, 398, 404
Macy & Company, R. H., 741-2
Madigan, Jack (Michael J.), 447, 449, 453, 459, 5i8, 529-30, 532, 536-40 passim, 548, 550-2, 561-2, 608, 617, 618-19, 623, 641, 692, 730, 734, 812, 1032, 1084, 1086, 1088, 1103
Madigan-Hyland, Inc., 536, 537, 770, 863, 911
Madison, James, 649
Madison House, 30-3, 49, 67, 72, 92, 214, 242
Madison Square Garden, 264-5, 35 8 , 420-1
Magoon, Herbert, 224, 365
Major Deegan Expressway, 6, 564, 841 and n., 842, 846, 885, 896, 918, 924,
989
Maloney, Jim, 264
Maltbie, Milo, 316
Mand, George F., 306
Manhattan, 6-7, 61, 508, 549, 556; barring cars from, proposed, 902, 916; borough president of, 743; Lower, 645-53, 672, 696; Lowei East Side, 143, 330, 337, 338, 374, 375, 490, 851, 854, 856, 889, 1026-7; mass transit
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Manhattan (cont.)
needs of, 931; roads of, 915-16; traffic congestion in, 329-30, 342, 547, 659, 661, 742, 784-5, 912-17, 923, 929, 944; Triborough Bridge to, 387, 390, 393; West Side, 962-5, 957, 985, 1013;
see also Harlem
Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, 1135, 1136
Manhattan Square Park, 373
Manhattantown project, 1008, 1040; condemnations for, 962; corruption in, 1010-13, 1014, 1017, 1022; and neighborhood decay, 964-5, 975; profiteering in, 980-1, 1006, 1010-13; rents, 972, 981; Senate investigation into, 979-82; tax delinquencies, 1009-10; tenant eviction and relocation for, 962-3, 965, 970-6, 978, 983, 986
Manufacturers Hanover Trust, 734
Marchi, John J., 1157
Marconnier, Emily Sims, 602, 603, 1150
Marine Midland Bank, 734
Marine Parks, 363, 370, 476, 481, 619
Marine Parkway Authority; RM's control of, 362, 616; revenues of, 634; self-liquidation, 617
Marine Parkway Bridge, 6, 360, 500, 508, 517, 698
Markel, Lester, 603, 909, 1097
Masefield, John, 553, 564
Massachusetts, 290, 293
Massapequa, 158
Massena project, 8, 9, 13, 709, 825, 1041, 1078, 1080
mass transportation, see transportation
Master Plan, see New York City
Mastick, Seabury C, 200, 201-2
Maury, Reuben, 1075
Mayor's Emergency Commission on Housing, 764, 983
Mayor's Slum Clearance Committee, see housing: Title I
McAdoo, William G., 322
McAneny, George, 62-3, 132, 435, 567, 655, 656, 1084; opposition to RM, 654, 664, 666-7, 668, 676, 680-1, 683-6, 766, 782, 966
McCarren Park, 373, 566
McCarthy, Fishhooks, 1082, 1084
McCarthy, John, 778
McCarthyism, 15, 472, 1032-3
McCooey, John, 187, 357
McCullough, Robert G., 867, 873-4, 977
McGahen, Rufus E., 348
McGeehan, W. O., 264
McGinley, Laurence J., 1013, 1015
McGinnies, Joseph A., 192
McGoldrick, Joseph D., 328, 348, 359, 411, 416, 420, 422, 470, 477, 573, 586, 613, 614, 795; opposition to RM, 507, 520, 546, 547, 548, 641-4, 668, 670, 782
McGuiness, Pete, 566 McHugh, F. Dodd, 904-8, 910-11, 954 Mclntyre, Col. Marvin H., 437 McKee, Joseph V., 356, 359 McKeon, William H., 1079 McLaughlin, George V., 137, 322, 362,
391, 693, 720 n., 741, 764, 1032, 1160 McMorran, J. Burch, 710, 1070 McMurray, Joseph P., 803 McNulty, Raymond P., 44, 182, 187,
226, 228, 229, 407, 503 McWhinney, Dolie, 229 McWhinney, Thomas, 209, 210, 217, 229,
3ii Meadowbrook Parkway, 8, 209, 218,
485, 896 media, 991, 1076, 1102; see also press Melville, Herman, 647 Mencken, H. L., 937 mental hospitals, 261, 265, 274 Menzies, Sir Robert, 817 Merz, Charles, 457-8, 1095 Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, 774 Metropolitan Park Conference, 340-5,
494, 1083 Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission,
946, 948-9 Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA), 1135-44, 1146; bond issue
for, 1135-9; RM and, 1136-44,
1148-9; Ronan as chairman, 1141,
1145-9 passim, H53, 1158 Meyer, Charles G., 694, 720 n., 764, 771 Meyers, Gen. Harry L., 606, 810, 835 Mid-Harlem project, 1043-4 Mid-Manhattan Expressway, proposed,
769-70, 783-5, 794, 896, 918, 922,
925, 1095, 1152 Miller, Nathan L., hi, 133-4, 138-9,
157
Mills, Darius Ogden, 149, 403
Mills, Ogden Livingston, 108, 149, 210, 257, 262, 278, 279, 299, 403
Millstein, Seymour, 1012
Mitchel, John Purroy, 4, 20, 62, 64, 70, 72, 73, 76, 77, 80-1, 82-3, 84, 86, 87, 94, 132, 139, 327, 336, 347, 350, 353, 357, 363, 630, 654
Mitchell-Lama housing project, 802, 890, 891
Mockridge, Norton, 1005-6, 1008, 1050
Moley, Raymond, 87, 295, 847
Monaghan, George P., 1090
money, power of, 17-19, 220, 610, 618, 621, 623, 631, 695, 722, 749, 751, 753-4, 768, 771-5, 783, 794, 920, 1056, 1061, 1078; see also banks; corruption and honest graft; public authorities
Montauk Point, 169, 170, 186, 205
Montauk Point State Park, 8, 182, 220, 238, 314
Moore, Frank C, 761
Moore, George, 1105-6, 1107 Moran, Eugene F., 741, 922 Moran, James F., 755-6, 786-7 Moreland Commissioner, RM as, 413,
585 Morgan, E. D., 149, 163, 184-5, 299 Morgan, J. P., 148-9 Morgan Guaranty Trust, 734 Morgenthau, Henry, 306 Morningside Corporation, 965 and n. Morningside Park, 337, 493 Morris, Newbold, 348, 435, 614, 682, 700,
778-9, 811-12, 1079; RM and, 643-4,
670, 1064-5 and n. as Park
Commissioner, 1064-5 Morton, W. H., 1112 Moscow, Warren, 403, 706-7, 724, 725-6,
729, 764, 788, 790, 795, 798, 799-805
passim, 870, 1030, 1034, 1035, 1036,
1038 Moses, Barbara (daughter), 77, 159, 228,
229, 411, 581, 583 *., 584, 591, 601,
604, 807, 1160 Moses, Edna Marion (sister), 29, 35, 36,
576, 582 and n., 589, 591, 598-600 Moses, Emanuel (father), 28-9, 32, 33,
35-6, 45, 51, 68, 72, 77, 104, 214, 579,
580, 581, 600-1
Moses, Mrs. Emanuel (Bella Cohen, mother), 25, 26, 28-38, 45, 48, 51, 55, 63, 65, 68, 278, 411 and n., 598; arrogance, 29, 32, 33, 37, 242, 499,
577, 830-1; and Madison House, 30-3, 49, 67, 72, 242, 585; and Paul Moses, 35, 37, 579-8o, 582-3 and n., 584, 596; and RM, 36-7, 220, 223, 241-2, 319,
578, 579, 580, 584, 600-1; subsidized RM, 77, 87, 104, 108, 133, 214, 233, 263, 581, 584, 585, 600, 909; will and estate, 576, 582-3 and n., 584, 585-6, 589-93, 598
Moses, Jane (daughter), 87, 159, 228, 229, 411, 581, 583 n., 584, 591, 601, 604, 807, 1059-60, 1115, 1160-1
Moses, Paul Emanuel (brother), 133, 576-600, 1146; appearance and character, 35-6, 577-80, 589, 595 n. brilliance, 36, 577-8, 587; desire for public service, 580, 581, 586-8; as engineer, 578, 580, 586-8, 595; family and background, 29, 33-7 passim, 583-4, 591-3; financial problems, 16,
581, 583, 587-98, 812; and RM, hatred of, 576, 589, 591, 593-4, 597, 598; RM's treatment of, 581, 584, 586-7, 591-3, 594-5, 596, 597-8; and mother, 35, 37, 579-80, 582-3 and n., 584, 596; swimming pool, 581, 582, 583, 587, 588-9, 590, 594
Moses, Robert, character and philosophy of: appearance, 35-6, 50, 55, 130, 229, 268-9, 419, 453, 477, 577, 602, 1150; arrogance, 3-4, 37, 5'-5i 68 , 78,
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79-8o, 116, 141, 241-2, 258, 287, 316 348, 424-5, 477. 485, 499, 573, 577, ' 581, 632, 775, 817-18, 827, 830-5, 848-9, 866, 909, 994, 1022-3, 1039, 1064, 1069, 1071, 1075, 1093, 1102, 1114, 1148, 1153, 1161; brilliance,'1, 36, 39, 44, 48, 231, 306, 348-9, 424, 475, 484-5, 495, 577-8, 688, 776, 777, 1136, 1145, 1150-1, 1154, 1159; bullying, 475, 501-2, 688, 994; charm, 182-3, 348, 378, 424, 442, 474, 577, 623, 656, 735, 776, 875, 923, 1016, 1039, 1052, 1105; criticism rejected by, 242, 253, 255, 271, 275, 316, 318, 408, 412, 425, 453, 459, 460, 477, 484, 494, 546, 547, 582, 737, 1001, 1051, 1096, 1104, 1157-8; deafness, 835-6, 1072-3, 1119, 1150, 1159; deviousness, 173-7, 182, 213, 219, 220; divorced from reality, 834-6, 908-10, 953; end justifying means, 218-20, 423, 569, 570, 607, 656, 671, 716, 764, 832, 849; energy, 103, 266, 485, 604, 909, 1041, 1145; family and background, 25-37, 499, 576-601 passim; family life, 77, 87, 104, 228, 229, 266, 270, 485, 584, 585, 601-6 passim, 807-8, 810, 1059-60, 1114-16; files on N.Y.C. officials, 14-15, 468-75, 500-1, 643, 666-7, 726; finances, 77, 87, 104, 108, 133, 214, 233, 263, 576, 581, 582, 584-6, 589-93, 600, 604, 632, 812, 909, 1060-1, 1108, 1114, 1115; friends, 45, 46-7, 49, 64, 182, 419, 457; friends, alienation of, 408, 416-18, 425, 435; as gubernatorial candidate, 402-425; honors, 567-8, 57I, 656, 1012, 1063-4, 1156; hospitality, 14, 623, 807-8, 814-28, 845-6, 920, 998, 1089, 1143; idealism, 1, 4-5, 40-2, 45-6, 51, 52-3, 60, 100, 102, 132-4, 172, 220, 241, 577, 578, 1022; illnesses, 382, 1034; image, projected, 16-17, 133, 188, 264-5, 349, 406, 433, 462, 567, 569-71, 584-5, 632-3, 636, 688, 701, 708, 716, 747, 765, 776-7, 778-9, 789, 863, 864, 979, 983, 992, 996, 999, 1003, 1006-7, 1014, 1016, 1017-18, 1023, 1038-9, 1041, 1042, 1044-55 passi
m, 1060, 1062, 1077, 1087, 1091-1101 passim, 1108, 1112, 1114, 1158; imagination, 3, 5, 230-1, 242, 366-7, 384, 389, 392-3, 485, 489, 58i, 776, 833, 1068, 1092, 1133, 1151, 1161; imperial style, 14, 812-28, 833; lavish spending, 17, 182, 196, 198, 1088-9, 1103; liberals' opposition to, 741, 759-761, 765, 767, 794, 803; opposition to, 14, 257-8, 262, 316. 425, 459, 492, 499-507, 509, 546, 608-10, 622, 667, 680, 728, 739, 742-3, 749, 927-8, 986-8, 1063, mo, 1114-15. IIJ 7; as political boss, 17-19, 727-9, 748, 753, 927, 934, ion, 1047, 1055-6, 1124;
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Moses, Robert (cont.)
as practical politician, 98-100, 109-10, 133-5, 136, 138-9, 208, 217-19, 349, 466, 580, 655, 701; prejudice against poor and nonwhites, 242, 318-319, 489-90, 512, 513-14, 533, 557-60, 578, 579, 610, 687, 736, 758-60, 767, 777, 834, 909, 968, 1086 n., 1101; as proposed mayoral candidate, 347-50, 352, 355, 356, 402, 630; resignation threats, 3-4, 43, 313, 316, 319, 369, 427, 447-8, 462, 751, 768, 801, 806, 866, 870, 1011, 1053, 1058, 1069, 1074-9; self-glorification, 21, 255, 641, 829, 909-10, 1019, 1062; smear technique used by, 14-15, 471-4, 502, 547, 623, 666, 669, 688, 691-2, 695, 992, 1001; as swimmer, 1, 103-4, 230, 252, 456, 512, 604, 807, 811, 813, 823, 1072, 1145; temper, 3, 102, 227, 268, 269, 305, 317-18, 409, 417, 452, 552, 569, 598, 613, 644, 659, 674, 675, 683, 783, 800, 810, 833, 1052-3, 1074, iioo-i, 1103, 1133, 1154, 1162; vengefulness and vindictiveness, 14-15, 397-8, 401, 416-18, 425, 435, 469, 500-7, 667, 678-88, 696-7, 739, 749, 1026; work habits, 74, 101-2, 226-9, 266, 485-6, 601, 807-12, 835, 1041, 1072; writing of, 698, 811-12, 909 and n., 987, 1030, 1150, 1154, 1157, 1158
Moses, Mrs. Robert (Mary Sims): illness, 1060, 1115; in social life, 229, 408, 602, 603-5, 823; as wife, 77, 87, 103-4, no, 157, 159, 160, 228, 234, 266, 341, 382, 460, 571, 581, 591, 601-6, 807, 810, 811, 999, 1000, 1054, 1114-16
Moses, Mrs. Robert (Mary Grady), 1103, 1115, 1116, 1143, 1154, 1158
Moses Men, 14, 602-3, 752, 1160; advancement of, 273, 465; feelings toward RM of, 269, 271, 273, 1146-7, 1155, 1156; in government posts, 709, 722, 725, 729, 763-4, 775, 791, 797, 802, 803, 804; inspired by RM, 102, 228-9, 230-1, 273, 372, 384, 485; loyalty of, 271, 621, 729, 797, 1042, 1160; loyalty of RM to, 273, 1030; RM's demands and expectations of, 74, 101-3, 226-9, 230-1, 267-8, 269, 270-3, 365, 621; RM's gift for choosing, 14, 270-1, 484, 621; RM's treatment of, 102, 227, 268, 269, 810, 1103, 1104; outings with, 229-30; secretly on RM's payroll, 709, 722; stable planning force, 453-4, 464, 621-2; rewards of, 273, 621, 729; and tenant relocation, 879; training of, 272; and World's Fair, 1060, 1091; as "yes" men, 484, 501, 582, 605, 608, 814, 815-16, 827, 832, 833, 836, 908, 1041, 1104, 1126;
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