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...learned that he had won an other. The pollster reported that among New York Democrats, 76% are foursquare behind Averell Harriman for President, only 19% favor Adlai Stevenson (a diehard 1% named Jim Farley, while 4% are undecided). The Boss of Tammany Hall was immensely gratified to receive the glad-but not unpredictable-tidings...
...Senator Henry Jackson for enduring youth, Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas for scholarly character, Alabama's Senator Lister Hill for hard work, Texas' Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn for planning ability, Alabama's Representative Frank Boykin for handshaking, Coca-Cola's James J. Farley for his memory for names, Independence's Harry Truman for the common touch, Mrs. Richard Neuberger (wife of Oregon's junior Senator) for her campaign ability. Notable modest omission: Tennessee's Presidential Candidate Estes Kefauver for his White House fixation...
...James A. Farley's Behind the Ballots...
Years after the event (and even after his split with F.D.R.), big Jim Farley could still take professional pride in the preliminary buildup that gave Governor Roosevelt his 1932 convention victory over the Democrats' 1928 presidential nominee, Al Smith. Last week another New York professional was pondering the chances of another New York governor to take the 1956 convention away from another ex-nominee...
...JAMES H. FARLEY Columbus, Ohio...