Word: farleyized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue was far enough along to raise the question of its mural decorations. With a warm controversy brewing over the type of art to be used, the only person, in the capital who seemed to have no fixed opinions on the matter was Postmaster General Farley. Conservative Architects William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich who designed the building favored a classical allegory. But Edward Bruce, tireless head of the Public Works Art Project and himself a painter of some note, wanted realism. Stormed he: "I don't want any pictures of ladies in cheesecloth...
...criticism of the Roosevelt Administration. In the first issue of the New Outlook, he called the Forgotten Man a myth (TIME, Oct. 10, 1932). In May last year he urged caution about inflation. In June, he could not understand how NRA would work. In September, he criticized Postmaster General Farley's distribution of patronage. In October, the New Outlook released his open letter to the New York State Chamber of Commerce in which he said: "I am for gold dollars as against baloney dollars." When the letter appeared in the New Outlook for December, it was accompanied...
...Nervously the Times and Herald Tribune followed suit in editions which did not pass through the post office. For the next two years papers that carried stories about lottery winners were careful not to offend the scruples of Postmaster Brown by omitting them in mail editions. Democratic Postmaster General Farley, unlike his predecessor, has a sporting background. He likes sporting people, goes to races and fights. For nearly ten years he ran the New York State Boxing Commission. Last fortnight Postmaster General Farley took steps to make sure that there would be no dearth of news about winners on this...
...after the President had repeated his views on lawyer-lobbying, resignations began to fall by the handful. By last week it became apparent that this phase of the New Deal was leading to a new Democratic shuffle of the political cards in the dexterous fingers of James Aloysius Farley, Postmaster General and chairman of the National Committee. ¶ Arthur Francis Mullen, Committeeman from Nebraska, resigned to continue a lucrative political law practice in Washington. Last week in a stormy Democratic meeting at Grand Island, Neb. Mr. Mullen shouted: "I represent the President here." At his command his henchman, Keith Neville...
Many political bosses have never served on National Committees nor have they accepted public office, but their power was just as extensive. It does not matter who is National Committeeman but what force lies behind the individual who holds the post. In the present instance, James A. Farley will be just as powerful when he resigns as chairman of the Democratic National Committee as if he had stayed in command. It is the Administration in office which says, as a rule, what shall be done in party councils. Meetings of the Democratic National Committee will be dominated by President Roosevelt...