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Murphy organized meetings of mayors from across the nation - this would lead to the establishment of the U.S. Conference of Mayors - he would be their first president;<ref name="maveal"/> this group convinced [[Congress]] to provide direct federal aid to the cities.<ref name="bak"/>
Murphy organized meetings of mayors from across the nation - this would lead to the establishment of the U.S. Conference of Mayors - he would be their first president;<ref name="maveal"/> this group convinced [[Congress]] to provide direct federal aid to the cities.<ref name="bak"/>
==Governor-General of the Philippines==
===Governor-General of the Philippines===
As a reward for campainging for [[Franklin Roosevelt]], Murphy was appointed to be Governor-General of the [[Philippines]]. There he attempted to guide the Philippines’ transition from a territory to a commonwealth.<ref name="bak"/> He was a popular leader - in 1935 he became the first United States High Commissioner of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/courts/supreme/judges/murphy/fm-bio.html|format=HTML|language=English|work=The United States Government|title=William Francis "Frank" Murphy (1890-1949)}}</ref>
===Governor of Michigan===
===Governor of Michigan===