-Caveat Lector-
Smedley Butler was hired by Philadelphia as Public Safety Director (which
included both police and fire departments) essentially as a publicity stunt,
designed to divert the attention of the newspapers away from the blatant
corruption in City Hall. What the Republican City Committee failed to
realize was that Smedley Butler's ego and flair were greater than theirs. He
outfitted himself in a spectacular new uniform, complete with cape; he set
up a Flying Squad of detectives answerable only to himself. For the first
six months or so, everything went swimmingly. He dashed around the city
raiding speakeasies, demolishing stills, and confiscating private liquor
stashes (including one belonging to my great-uncle!). The papers loved him.
The public loved him. Then he started in on the speakeasies and brothels
that served City Hall. The mayor and councilmen began to get uneasy. The
last straw, though, was when he began sniffing around City Council
chambers... At that point the mayor asked for his resignation. Butler
refused to give it. The mayor called a U.S. senator or two, who called the
Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Butler found himself called back to the
national colors, a call he could not resist. A standard-issue political hack
was named to succeed him, the Flying Squad was dissolved, and Philadelphia
went back to sleep.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Millegan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] An American Coup d'tat?
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> from:
> http://www.ggnra.org/cramer/amcoup.html
> <A HREF="http://www.ggnra.org/cramer/amcoup.html">Untitled</A>
> -----
>
<snip>
> Butler was more than a remarkable soldier. He served as police
> commissioner of Philadelphia during 1924-25 (on loan from the Marines),
> in an attempt to enforce Prohibition. While the effort was a failure,
> his insistence on enforcing the law against wealthy partygoers as well
> as poor immigrants established his reputation as a man of high
> integrity. He was not universally loved, but he was widely respected.
<snip>
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