Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Neatest Davey comeback was his declaration : "I know absolutely nothing about the financial affairs of the Democratic State Committee. . . . My lack of knowledge in matters of this kind is exactly the same as the President's lack of knowledge of how Mr. Farley raised the money to make up the deficit in the financial affairs of the National Committee...
...that justice has triumphed, there is no need to stress the hypocrisy of the excuses. To argue that the law in the future would prevent the ugly hand of patronage and political maneuvering with federal funds by local officials, as Secretary Ickes does, is laughable with James A. Farley in the cabinet...
...been doing this thing so long, and rigging the market for their own individual profits, that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary-and let there be no dispute about it." From Baruch and Johnson, Senator Long progressed to targets closer home, President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley, winding up with a fling at Senate Leader Robinson: "I would sound another warning to the Senator from Arkansas. . . . Beware! Beware ! If things go on as they have been going on, you will not be here next year...
...Three weeks before. Huey Long had spurred his attack on the Administration by demanding an investigation of its most vulnerable member. Postmaster General Farley. Charges hurled against "General" Farley by "Kingfish" Long were that he gave away free stamps (TIME, Jan. 21), was interested in a race track wire service, had accepted party funds from a man about to be tried for using the mails to defraud, had intervened to save a Kansas City gangster and a banking group, which included Ambassador-at-Large Norman Davis and his brother, from Federal prosecution, had personally profited from PWA contracts. Just after...
Digging in his pocket for a roll of bills, the President peeled off $113. Surprised, Postmaster Farley said something about not having any change, finally fished out 50?, gave it to the President...