Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York (Judge Jonah J. Goldstein) was slated for a decisive beating at the polls, which was not likely to enhance Tom Dewey's political prestige. Governor Dewey also had his own personal hurdle ahead: he must win re-election as governor next year. (Current gossip had Jim Farley as his Democratic opponent.) But if Tom Dewey won in 1946, he could be a strong contender for the 1948 presidential nomination. For one thing, he would have New York's huge block of delegates in his pocket...
Wearing a bouffant off-shoulder gown of pink net, pink gloves trimmed with silver, and a silver-and-rhinestone butterfly, Betty Tyson received more than 600 guests, including Navy Secretary and Mrs. James Forrestal, Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jim Farley and daughter...
Last week an old White House adviser criticized the Act itself, urged that something be done about it. Said James A. Farley, onetime Democratic National Chairman: "Under our present method, a Vice President who succeeds to the Presidency is in the unique position of being able to choose his own successor-without reference to the electorate...
Actually none of the six previous Vice Presidents who succeeded Presidents by death has himself died in office.*But Jim Farley thought the Succession Act still marked a gap in democratic procedure. His prescription: a commission charged with finding some other way to choose a new President if two died in office in a single four-year term...
Last week, the 16 club owners finally met in Cleveland-to pick a commissioner if possible. The three top candidates were Jim Farley, who would rather own a ball club than be President; Ford Frick, capable president of the National League; Bob Hannegan, Democratic National