Word: farleyism
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Score to date: Roosevelt, 2; Mussolini, 1; Edward VIII, 1; Farley, 1; Gehrig...
Sirs: You would please every loyal Democrat if you make James A. Farley your Man of this Year. Only through his statesmanship was the unprecedented Roosevelt victory at the polls in November made possible. Jim Farley showed the way and the Nation followed. It was Jim Farley who discovered Roosevelt in the first place...
...before, President de Valera and Minister Owsley had talked briefly with the man whose mail contracts will be the lifeblood of any transatlantic airline-U. S. Postmaster General James A. Farley, in Ireland to visit his family home. The Lindbergh party did not encounter...
Sailing from Manhattan last week for a vacation in Ireland, James Aloysius Farley risked his shining reputation as a prophet with a new prediction. The man who was right about Election solemnly declared: "It is my firm belief that the country will soon have the most prosperous time in all its history. . . . This Christmas will be the best and most prosperous in the history of the nation. I am sure that we will see people spending more money than in any previous Administration...
Even discounting Mr. Farley's native optimism, the prospects of big Christmas spendings were rosy indeed. Aside from the continuing upward drive of Recovery, there are two good reasons for this rosiness, for both of which Mr. Farley could claim Democratic credit. One is the rising tide of extra dividend declarations, the other the nation-wide movement to raise wages, pay bonuses...