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Baffled when he received as a contribution to the March 4 Roosevelt Victory Dinners a $1,000 check signed "Alfred M. Landon,' Democratic National Chairman James Aloysius Farley, observed: "That does seem to make it unanimous," soon learned that the check had not been signed by the defeated GOPresidential nominee or by anyone else who had an account at the designated bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 15, 1937 | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...hole which was large enough to admit the size volumes that comes form some self esteeming institutions, was large enough to admit the whole Post Office Department, excluding James A. Farley, and as a result the mail was in serious danger. The next problem then, was to keep the mails in and the males...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: He Bit His Nails, Pounded His Nails But Couldn't Control the U. S. Mails | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

...Fund and the power of the President to fix the gold content of the dollar anywhere between 50% and 60% of its old weight); sent it to the House. ¶ Suspended its rules by unanimous consent in order to confirm without referring to committee the nomination of James Aloysius Farley as Postmaster General (only member of the Cabinet whose term of office automatically ends with that of the President); confirmed the nomination of Charles Edison as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The House: ¶ Passed the bill extending the Gold Reserve Act, sent it to the. President. ¶ Passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Done, Feb. 1, 1937 | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

Having seen in the Dec. 14 issue of TIME that you attribute the well-worn phrase, "As goes Maine, so goes Vermont," to Gen. Farley, I thought you might be interested in my own experience with the words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 4, 1937 | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

...century, not just to one more year. Moreover, political landslides however great are not compassed in the U. S. by just one personality and to re-elect Franklin Roosevelt because the U. S. electorate did would be a gross injustice to his prophet and political teammate, James Aloysius Farley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Woman of the Year | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

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