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...delegates looked at Jim Farley and thought of the man in the White House...
Governor Lehman ducked behind the platform, leaned over Jim Farley's chair, pleaded for a last-minute compromise. Jim Farley shook his head. The Governor shrugged. The fight...
...Farley Still Had the Votes. The air-conditioning fizzled; the ballroom became an oven; delegates shed coats, opened collars. Jim Farley, seeking comfort, had an outside freight elevator drawn up to an open door behind the platform. There he sat on a gilded ballroom chair, fanning himself with a newspaper. Henchmen and enemies walked over, whispered, walked away...
...hour of voting drew close. Mead's backers put on the last ounce of pressure. There was a sudden scurry among the potent men behind the platform; Jim Farley rushed up to the stage, button holed Governor Lehman, took him back to the hotel kitchen. There, away from the turmoil, they conferred for ten minutes. Farley bustled into more conferences, with his friend Frank Kelly, with his enemy Ed Flynn. For the first time, Big Jim looked worried...
...White House-Mead forces had won a point: all delegates must stand up to answer the roll call individually, to put their votes on the record. Henceforth it would be history how they had stood in the fight between Farley and Roosevelt. Now Jim Farley's men would face the final, complete test of loyalty...