Minnesota

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She had been fired by mayor Fiorello Laguardia for being friendlier to labor than to the mayor. He had hired her as his labor liason. Somehow, she had later gotten connected with Humphrey, and was a big NYC fundraiser for his 1948 Senate campaign. My wife found one of her fundraising letters in my dad‘s archives a few years ago. Humphrey was eternally grateful, and always stayed in touch, also introducing his top protégé, Fritz Mondale, to my dad and the rest of the family. Our connection to the so-called „Minnesota Democratic Mafia“ lasted generations