Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Farley's Faith...
...your issue of July 30, p. n, in speaking of Postmaster General Farley you state: "And Mr. Farley is neither the worst of sinners nor is he without the right faith." It is certainly pleasant reading for the Catholics to know that you brand their faith as the "right" one; not quite so pleasing to the Protestants, perhaps, who are attempting to live clean lives in this vale of tears. It is certainly too bad that TIME has relegated them to a place other than Heaven by reason of their possessing, in all innocence, the "wrong" faith. Shades of Washington...
...presume to designate the "right" faith. Let careless Reader Jones reread what TIME said: "According to the tenets of his church, confessed sinners, even the worst of them, who have the right faith in their hearts, have a better chance of getting to Heaven than Pharisees. And Mr. Farley is neither the worst of sinners nor is he without the right faith...
That was in New Orleans in 1920. Next spring Los Angeles police stopped John Cudney's meetings on "Miracle Hill" because lepers were mixing with the crowds. But his Los Angeles sponsor, Mrs. Ella Farley, had already cleaned up with picture postcards of him at 25? each and her brother had cleared $4,000 on the "Miracle Hill" soda pop concession. U. S. postal authorities continued to permit thousands of handkerchiefs to be sent to him for blessing, because he made no charge...
Among Mr. Farley's positive virtues is loyalty. Last winter's cancellation of all airmail contracts, according to the story told in Washington, was not of his doing. Senator Black, disappointed that his investigation had produced no appreciable public response, went to the White House to suggest action. Against the advice of his Postmaster General the President, in a moment of righteous enthusiasm, decided to annul the contracts, and announced cancellation from the White House over Mr. Farley's name. When the action proved a political mistake, a man in whom some other attachment came before loyalty...