Gavel Quotes
The New York City comptroller was outraged by the new president of the Board of Alderman, former congressman Fiorello La Guardia, who later became mayor of New York. The two men clashed constantly, especially at meetings of the New York City Board of Estimate, where the comptroller made an unusual request of the chairman:
Congressman Carl B. Albert was the chairman of the 1968 Democratic National Convention when the street demonstrations and the police tactics entered the convention debate in front of a nationwide television audience. The President, watching on television, was horrified and called Congressman Dan Rostenkowski who was manning the telephones backstage. Rostenkowski followed the President's order and was never forgiven by Albert who, when he became Speaker, refused to appoint the Rostenkowski as whip, choosing Tip O'Neill instead.
