Word: farleyism
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...broaden his son's knowledge of national and international affairs, another to teach him public speaking. Then it was on to Amherst (cum laude) and Harvard Law School (cum laude), with a side trip to Northwestern to take more speech courses. At Amherst he was "the Jim Farley of my class, the campus politician"; at Harvard he was noted for his custom of faithfully reading five newspapers daily. He returned to St. Louis in 1953, joined his father's law firm and lost no time plunging into politics...
...running a successful campaign would boggle the mind of an old-fashioned Tammany boss. When it comes to a major campaign for Senator or Governor, let alone President, the cash required would have stunned even so peerless a fund raiser of a generation or two ago as James Aloysius Farley...
...student, upon learning of Guenther's role in the campaign, remarked, "It's like FDR running a campaign for James Farley...
President Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Bill into law at elaborate ceremonies at the Post Office Department. In attendance were all living former Postmasters General, including James Farley, and the President passed them the pens that marked the end of the job they once held. Under the reform, the Post Office becomes an independent agency, establishing rates and appointing a staff free of political patronage. A 2? increase in the first-class mail rate is expected during the first year of operation, as the agency takes steps toward putting itself on a breakeven economic footing. The reformers hope...
...cocktail party of total recall, Lou Gehrig rubs elbows with Harry Hopkins, and Hitler bumps nastily into John Dillinger. Jean Harlow, meet Eleanor Roosevelt. Jim Farley, do you know Ina Ray Hutton? Father Coughlin, as I live and breathe...