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...plugged for Supreme Court Justice Douglas, whom they regard as the "killer" member of their group. But Franklin Roosevelt blithely ignored their wishes, personally selected Secretary Wallace-a man who has been anathema to the Janizariat since he first purged the Agriculture Department of Jerome Frank and other Corcoran...
...last trace of Third Term opposition in the Democratic Party into a frantic demand that Mr. Roosevelt run. Even old Jack Garner, who seldom forgives and never forgets, sadly made up his mind that Franklin Roosevelt was the only Democrat who could beat this man Willkie. Janizaries like Tom Corcoran (see p. 53) trumpeted that Mr. Roosevelt now had no choice left; party hacks let it be known that his refusal to run now would be gross betrayal of the Party. Then came a pause, a susurrant scratching of New Deal heads. Until last week no one had stopped...
...Editor Russell Davenport (who resigned May 2 "to further the nomination of Wendell L. Willkie"). Last week, after the professional politicos had stopped laughing, "Mitch" Davenport received the following wire from Washington: "THANKS A MILLION, MITCH. YOU SAVED THE NEW DEAL, THE FOREIGN POLICY, AND THE THIRD TERM. TOM CORCORAN...
...brief struggle within the Inner Circle for control of the aircraft program, Tommy the Cork had backed Federal Lender Jones against Secretary Morgen thau, who hates The Cork's guts. Messrs, Jones & Corcoran had sought control through vast RFC loans to the air industry; Mr. Morgenthau contended there were no bottlenecks within the industry, there was no bottle. He wanted a new aviation industry, set up on a mammoth scale, and the President agreed with...
...George Jackson Mead of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to standardize military engine models, up production by bringing as many plants as possible into a field now limited largely to two companies (Pratt & Whitney, division of United Aircraft; Curtiss-Wright); 2) Mr. Morgenthau, Federal Lender Jesse Jones, Tommy Corcoran, et al., in the roles of industrial advisers, were finagling for control...