[4] Due to the labor shortage in the city, McNamee ordered the Philadelphia Transportation Company to upgrade black employees to operating jobs.
The PTC was taken over by the United States Army under the authority of the Smith–Connally Act and the strike was resolved after Major General Philip Hayes directed strikers to return to work or lose their military draft deferments.
[6] In 1944, McNamee was chosen by WMC chairman Paul V. McNutt to act as the agency's assistant deputy director while Vernon A. McGee was on vacation.
[10] He oversaw the sale of surplus military equipment and property in the Philadelphia area, including 125 factories and the Millville Army Air Field.
[14] McNamee also served as secretary of Clark's Liberty Bell Park Racetrack until Pennsylvania passed a law prohibiting public officials from operating horse tracks.
[15] In 1958, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field after McNamee reached a deal with the University of Pennsylvania.
[17] After an eight-day deadlock, Leahy's supporters finally gave in and Los Angeles Rams general manager Pete Rozelle was elected as a compromise candidate.
[22] In 1952, mayor Joseph S. Clark Jr. appointed McNamee to the position of fire commissioner, which was created after the PFD became independent from the department of public safety.