Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last-minute Senate revolt against the bill carrying $360,000,000 savings in Veterans' pensions had been put down. On recalcitrant Democratic Senators strong pressure had been exerted in the cloakrooms by Leader Robinson, around the Capitol by Budget Director Douglas and. most of all, by Postmaster General Farley (see p. 10). The President himself had made some strategic telephone calls...
...plum tree since March 4. New legislation had created thousands more. Because most of these new emergency jobs were not put under civil service, the National Civil Service Reform League last week loudly warned against the rush for "spoils." Some people even began to forecast "corruption." Postmaster General Farley had unsuccessfully backed a bill to open every job paying more than $5,000 to political appointment...
...session over, Democratic Senators and Representatives last week went racing to Postmaster Farley with demands for a hefty plumtree shaking. They had delivered their quid. It was now up to the Administration to produce...
Patronage-Dispenser Farley had before him a "white list" of Democrats who had consistently supported the President on important issues and a "sinners' roll" of party members who had deserted their leader on critical votes. Constituents of the first would get the pick of postmaster-ships, collectorships of internal revenue and customs, district attorney-ships, etc., etc., etc., constituents of the second would have to take the leavings...
...other was to be Prime Minister, an ambition which he abandoned after the War because he was "tired of the limelight." *Last week in an interview with Sportswriter Westbrook Pegler, Postmaster General Farley announced a new liberal interpretation of the ruling which bars from the mails news of lottery and sweepstake winnings. Said he: ''The only publicity I would object to would be outright advertisement of the lotteries. The law says we can't have that. The papers can go ahead, though, and print all the news there is about the poor chambermaid or the unemployed coal...