Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...painting murals for bars, hotels, Government buildings. His conservative employers run no risk of embarrassment. "To paint a mural that doesn't fit the place would be like painting swastikas in a synagogue," observes Artist Gropper. "If I were to paint a proletarian scene in a post office, Farley would jump out of his pants. My only interest, where I haven't got a free hand, is to do as good a job as possible...
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. '38, 1L, son of the Ambassador to Great Britain, will attend the Democratic national convention as a delegate from Massachusetts and has pledged his vote to Postmaster General James A. Farley for president...
...course I am uncertain whether or not President Roosevelt will run," Kennedy stated, "but if he does, my vote will go for a third term. Other wise," he added, "I am strongly in favor of nominating Postmaster General Farley." Delegates will be released from their pledges in case President Roosevelt announces his candidacy, it was agreed...
...order to satisfy the demand for places on the Farley slate, an unusually large number of delegates from Massachusetts will attend the convention, according to William H. Burke, Jr., Chairman of the Democratic State Committee. Some 72 delegates, four from each of the fifteen congressional districts, In addition to twelve delegates-at-large, will represent Massachusetts at the convention...
...although Mayor Kelly had to stride up & down the aisle, acting as his own floor marshal; and the vote was close. In no time newspaper correspondents added it up as another sign of strength for the third-term drive, since Mayor Kelly had spoken for it. and even Chairman Farley had mentioned the 10,000,000 independent voters whose votes, third-termers believe, can be brought out only by glamorous, dramatic Franklin Roosevelt...