Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...election night, Democratic State Chairman James A. Farley sat glumly with his friends in Manhattan headquarters, waiting for the three phones to ring. To his sensitive politician's ear, the silence was ominous. When county chairmen have good news to report, they do it fast...
...first time in 20 years, Big Jim Farley was on the wrong side of a New York election. He had named his own candidate, Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr.; but his convention fight with the forces of Franklin Roosevelt (TIME, Aug. 31) had left scars. The American Labor Party, once a little gold mine of Democratic votes, had split off to name its own candidate. The Democrats' campaign had gone wrong from the start...
...Farley was needled into making a speech assailing the "mental attitude of this young man who would rise to the Presidency by use of the propaganda of expediency." The new, warmer Tom Dewey turned the point neatly. When the Democrats tried to make him out a Prohibitionist, he said: "I'm dry only behind the ears...
Captain Jack Farley, although he has been working out with the Varsity squad during the week, will be on hand to lead his mates from his left end post. Freshman Dick Withington will again be his running mate. Corny Atkins and Bruce smart are the second pair of flankmen...
...posts, Nelson will have Captain Jack Farley and Dick Withington out trying to stop the wide sweeps and deep reverses of the Red and Gray. Mike Kahn is set at left tackle, while Ed Nabham will probably get the nod over Lyman Beeman as his running-mate...