Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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PLEASE CONVEY TO 60 JOB SEEKERS WHO WROTE ME AFTER MY NOMINATION OF POSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY AS MAN OF THE YEAR [TIME, Dec. 3] MY REGRETS THAT UNIVERSITY WITH WHICH I AM AFFILIATED ALLOWED NO OFFICIAL TO ENDORSE CANDIDATE FOR POLITICAL OFFICE STOP THIRTY TWO COPIES OF NEWSMAN KENT'S ARTICLE CONDEMNING FARLEY FOR USING FIVE YEAR OLD SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING APPROVED BY POSTMASTER GENERAL BROWN AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESS ALSO RECEIVED...
Chief James Aloysius Farley, generalissimo of politics and potent Elk, rushed once more into the fray and won for the Man of the Year the battle...
...Deal. In turn, rich New Dealers like Vincent Astor lent a hand in promoting Mr. Dowling's new $250,000 show. At its Philadelphia premiere, Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor-elect Earle & friends were on hand to cheer their theatrical colleague. At the Manhattan opening, Postmaster General Farley and the young James Roosevelts represented the official family...
What "General" Farley and the Roosevelts saw was unquestionably worth the trip to New York. Only occasionally is Producer Dowling on view, for that old-time song-&-dance man (Follies) modestly limits his appearance to a few skits. But his wife, little Ray Dooley, has all sorts of funny things to do. At one point she is hoisted to the top of a pyramid formed by half a dozen jibbering Arab tumblers. Teetering just under the proscenium arch, she is the picture of comic terror. Again, as an aged Merry Widow, she is tossed all over the stage...
...spirit of vast good will James Aloysius Farley invited the employes of the Post Office Department in Washington to a handshaking bee. The staff lined up, began filing past their beaming boss. To each the Postmaster General wished a cheery "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," or, if the employe beat him to that, a jovial "The same to you." At the 500 mark the Farley handshake and greeting had grown automatic. The 1,000th guest found him shaking feebly, speaking thickly. Employe No. 1,089 was a young woman who gigglingly exclaimed : "So you are the Postmaster General?" Mumbled...