Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Groaning Stalk. A tall, tough stalk growing in this Democratic garden was James Aloysius Farley, Convention manager for Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York. Yet even he looked wilted and broken when he clumped into his Congress Hotel suite last Friday morning after an all-night session at the Stadium. In those dragging hours a sullen minority had blocked, if not beaten, his candidate's nomination. Manager Farley dropped into a chair and groaned...
...four years Jim Farley had been building the Governor of New York up for the Presidency. Since February he had traveled indefatigably back & forth across the country corralling convention delegates. He had put his candidate into primaries where he could win without wounds, steered him clear of contests with Favorite Sons. He had arrived in Chicago with a clear majority of delegates. He had captured all the convention machinery. He had confidently predicted victory for Governor Roosevelt on the first ballot. Yet since dawn that morning three ballots had come & gone at the Stadium and the Roosevelt nomination was unharvested...
When not playing Presidential politics, Mr. Farley is chairman of the New York State Boxing Commission. In him is something of the blatant tenacity of the prize ring. Yet as he sat alone at the Congress Hotel he was defeated by forces beyond his control. The Smith faction, captained by Jersey City's hardboiled Frank Hague and backed by Tammany Hall, was relentlessly bitter in its opposition. Mayor Hague had attacked Governor Roosevelt as the "weakest man" to nominate. The California and Texas forces of Speaker Garner, led by lean, leathery William Gibbs McAdoo, had lined up with the Brown...
When this volley of criticism reached Governor Roosevelt, he backtracked. He telegraphed Manager Farley...
First Break. "Call in the newspaper men! I've got a real story," shouted Roosevelt Manager Farley as he read a telegram from Washington. It was from Senator James Hamilton Lewis, releasing Illinois' 58 votes pledged to his candidacy. His explanation was that he had to remain in the capital to do his sworn duty on relief legislation. This first break in the ranks of the Favorite Sons prompted the Roosevelt leaders to claim half the Illinois delegation...