Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second Vandenberg prohibition struck directly at Postmaster General Farley. The No. 1 politico of every Administration is always the Postmaster General. But he has never before been both Postmaster General and chairman of the National Committee, a prime fund-collecting job. Much criticism has been directed at "General" Farley for holding not only these offices but also the post of New York State Democratic Chairman. A long morning visit to the White House by Mr. Farley resulted in the news that he would retire from his state chairmanship when his term expires in September, from the national chairmanship after...
...Governor his reelection. A Democratic defeat in the nation's key-State next November might change the political complexion of all national Democracy, especially since that State is the President's own and its Governor his good friend. To prevent such a catastrophe, State Chair man James Farley let it be known last week that he was building a new Democratic organization in New York City...
Wyoming voters did not question Joe O'Mahoney's abilities, for he had helped run every State Democratic campaign since 1922. At the last national convention in Chicago party leaders liked him so well that James Aloysius Farley made him vice chairman of the campaign committee. Postmaster General Farley liked him so well that he took him to Washington as his First Assistant. But when Senator Kendrick died and Governor Miller indicated his choice of Joe O'Mahoney as his successor, a group of Wyoming Republicans rose up to question the Governor's legal right...
Samuel Seabury returned to Manhattan from a European vacation a few days ahead of Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley, who had quipped that he did not dare travel on free passes so long as the famed New York inquisitor of Tam many graft was also abroad. When a newshawk reminded Mr. Seabury that "General" Farley had visited James John ("Jimmy") Walker* whom the Seabury investigation had driven discredited from City Hall into exile. Inquisitor Seabury flared: "It was not an edifying sight to see the Postmaster General of the United States make a pilgrimage to meet Mr. Walker...
Walter Reed Hospital was the next stop. Bern of War, laid up with an ocular infection, was sitting up but he could not do any business. With Secretary Hull in Montevideo, Postmaster General Farley in Europe, two clays later the President discovered that for the first time in his Administration he could hold no Friday Cabinet meeting. There was no quorum. ¶Lewis Douglas went to the White House to talk Budget. He figured the Government would take in 3½ billions next year, disburse 2½ billions normally, have a billion left over to reduce the national debt...