y
which car
by
Director of a ign
ried New York state I
725,000 for Prams in D. Roosevelt In
1930, manager of a movement which
resulted in del egates from thirty states
being committed to Roosevelt when
the Chicago convention and his
nomination after a short test of
strength, James A, Farley Is now di-
recting a campaign which may result
In the election of the third Democratic
President since the Civil war,
Towering six feet two and a half,
and weighing well over 200, F
moves as fast as a Act
is his middie name. And, a wonde
ful asset in any politician, he has
photographic memory for names and
faces. It works without any of the
prompting secretaries or
systems, It Is Just a gift
In comes an obscure
er who has met
once, and that for
years before.
“Hello, Harry,
*How is everything down in
west Colorado? Did stop off at
Denver and see Jack Smith on your
way up?
Checking up,
the man’s name Is
does live In southwest
that it was Jack Smith
him, so casually
to Jim Farley,
And he goes back
Jim Farley is a man of keen discern
ment, who in some occult recog-
nized real ability and Sterling worth
the brevity of
camp
)emocratic
met,
bantam,
card index
work.
just
three
" Jim.”
south-
shouts “Big
one will di that
“Harry,” that he
Colorado, and
duced
ore,
scOover
who intro
years bef
home thinking
despite the former
meeting,
Farley Is just as quick to
advantage of an in the
my's armor in a Politi fight as he
is in physical movement. It was at
the Democratic national committee
meeting at Washington, eighteen
months before the Democratic coh-
vention met, that he so entrenched
Roosevelt's strategic position that the
“Allies” were never able really to
break through. From that time on
Farley dashed over the country, land-
ing a leader here, and a lieutenant
there, convincing some skeptic here
that Roosevelt was physically fit, and
persuading some doubting Thomas
that despite the name Roosevelt his
eandidate was not secretly a Repub-
liean,
Came the convention, with its hurly
burly, its all-night battle, its fights on
platform, two-thirds rule and organiza-
tion. Farley was in his element. He
slept In taxies dashing from one ap-
pointment to another. He smoothed
over prima donnas, and goaded pro-
crastinators. He glad-handed every-
body, finally emerging from what had
threatened to be as bitter a fight as
Madison Square garden with better
feeling than anyone of Roosevelt's
friends had dared hope, and inside the
first week, instead of stretching out
indefinitely as Madison Square garden,
San Francisco and Baltimore had
done,
In Politics Since Boyhood,
James A. Farley is a self-made man.
He is the son of Irish Catholic parents,
He was graduated from Stony Point
High school in 1005 and a year later
from the Packard Commercial school
in New York city. He is an avid read-
er of blographies and a close observer
of events; has a phenomenal memory
and possesses the rare perception to
unerringly analyze people and situ-
ations,
Mrs. Farley, nee Elizabeth A. Fin.
negan, is a Haverstraw girl. The
marrfage occurred in 1920. There are
three children, Elizabeth, Ann and
James, Jr. Catch Jim, Sr, on a holl-
take
opening one.
will
eve
day with the famil
quickly flash the gle am in his
that mirrors his pride in these incen-
tives to his ambitions,
He was born in Grassy Point, Rock
land county, New York, on May 30,
1888, and lived there many years be-
fore moving to Haverstraw, where he
maintains a fortable home to
which some day it is his intention to
retire,
Farley's interest in olitics dates
back to about the time started In
to master the three “I in school.
In 1806 Jim i years old,
but he tells today of his vivid recol
lections of the McKinley-Bryan
paign, the torch-] parades and the
full dinner pail ¢ that was spread
even as far back as then
Before reaching m ity Farley
was & political worker in the town of
Stony Point and he became a commit-
teeman about the time he first voted.
That started him actively in political
Jeadership that has run the gamut
of district leader, town county
state leader, all the way into
national prominence.
His first office was town
clerk of Stony Point from 1012 to
1910, vacating to serve the same town
as supervisor for the four years, 1020
to 1923. In 1023 he was state assem-
blyman Rockland county.
In 131819 he was port warden by
appointment of Gov. Alfred E. Smith,
who In 1024 appointed him a member
of the New York state athletic com-
mission, of which he has been chair
man since 1025,
From 1019 to 1920 Farley was chair-
man of the Democratic county com-
mittee of Rockland county, from 1028
to 1030 he was secretary of the Dem-
ocratic state committee, at which time
he was elected chairman of that com-
mittee,
Upon election as state chairman of
the New York State Democracy in
September, 1030, Farley took over
Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign for
re-election to the governorship. He
had five weeks In which to deliver. It
was naturally a time of confusion.
The depression was just being felt
with its full force, the coffers of the
party were empty (indeed there was
a deficit) and the Republicans were
waging a campaign which was intense.
1y bitter,
Farley quickly whipped into shape
an organization that reached into
every section of the state. He made
distribution of lithographs and liter-
ature under a new plan that trebled
the efficiency of the old. He wrote
thousands of letters. He was on the
phone for hours every day. He sent
a fleet of trucks with talkies of the can-
didates into the smaller villages and
towns. He arranged a statewide tour
for the candidates, touching the prinel-
pal cities throughout the state. He put
all of the principal addresses on the
radio. And while doing it all he or-
ganized the finances to cover the ex-
pense,
Two weeks before election In Buf.
falo he predicted Roosevelt's election
by 400,000 and people laughed at him,
toogevelt was elected by nearly three
quarters of a million votes and car
ried the whole state, ticket with him,
Immediately after election, Chair.
man Farley began working to make
the entire state militantly Democratic,
He visited every vounty in the state
ddring the year. He counselled weak
county organizations to reorganize
and Inject younger blood into their
committees, He saw many changes in
chalrmanships. He promoted meet.
ings, dinners, social gatherings every.
where with the result that in the 1931
y and yon
com
was on! ¥
cam-
leader,
leader,
elective
from
Democratic lines in the assembly that
came in with the Roosevelt landslide
of the year previous and to see many
Republican counties elect boards of
supervisors, county officers and town
officers from Democratic ranks.
Captured Erie County,
Notable of his accomplishments
was the settlement of the trouble in
Erie county. Turmoll had existed
there for years. Farley stepped in and
directed a reorganization which stood
the test of a bitter primary battle and
then emerged from the election with
control of the county board, the Buf-
falo city council, the district attorney-
ship, some judgeships and numerous
minor offices, He had done what was
considered brought Erie
and Buffalo back to the Democrats
On January 23, Governor Roosevelt
announced his candidacy for the Pres
idency by allowing his name to go
before the Democratic primary in
North Dakota, It marked the culmina-
tion of a year's work by the governor's
close personal friend, James A. Farley,
Without the ald of the usual large
organization, without the fanfare of
trumpets, quietly, unobtrusively, but
personally, Farley and others have
promoted Roosevelt to the country,
Their fob agler because their
candidate outstanding. But even
then leaders states had to be
informed and enthused. A
trip, a few shorter
erable teleg
pienty of
impossible,
wis e
was
in other
consulted,
cross-continent
Journeys, innum
versations and
the trick. |
carried the burden of
munication,
In this quiet, personal
half of a friend, Farley
ntance
ione con-
letters did
the geni
personal co
arley was us that
effort on
has parallel
a statewide noe with a
tion-wide one, m a state
has emerged a national figure,
a long trip from Grassy Point
Hudson to front-page headlines
the length and breadth of the
States, Jim has i
years. e is
leader
ACTORS
United
sotic still ai
ney will lead
can tell
That is Ji
Keeping
ing cam
tainments at 1e¢ has long been known
He likes to
those asso-
whether
with
Im no matter
keep in close
ciated with hi
social pur
found the best w
ns of the post
ever
amo is, of
is in business, polities or
and he has
to do this is by mea
Anyone who has
with this
familiar
suits, ay
had dealings
Course,
famous signature,
When i.
is name it | letter dictated by
mself an wead by himself, It is
personal m in the
CRSA ZC truest sense,
Writes Many Letters.
hundred letters day
Were Mult
in the
and you
35.000 person
to this a
sent to
and
greeting
11 realize ¥
thous
cards
YOu Ww
tion is
always informe«
ing on and its
working strenuo
A reply to
rule of Jim Farley's lexicor
It probably makes votes, It
akes him friends
thousand are a jot
five-hundred-mile trip on a
train wi take a Jong
would mean spending
on a
ever
fics,
tainly m
Thirty
miles. A
fast railroad
night. That
every night for two months
sleeper,
But thous
Jim Farley traveled in
as state chairman,
of transportation
Jim still keeps on the ground. He
wooed sleep to the tune of the car
wheels. He sped over concrete high
ways In high-powered cars, he ex-
perienced the thrills of boating in
powered skiffs and large liners, he
even enjoyed the novelty of horse and
buggy.
And all the time he was personally
acquainting himself with the problems
of rural communities and urban cen-
ters, of sections that depended on agri-
culture for their substance and on see
tions that depended on mining, or oll,
or lumber, or industries,
In the course of a year Jim Farley
will make speeches at almost a hun-
dred banquets and luncheons, In 1631
he did this very thing of eating and
speaking in every one of the sixty-
two counties In New York state. It
wns a lesson in real democrasy for
all real Democrats love to eat and
also love to speak. ’
Some weeks he would visit eight
counties, speaking at four mid-day
luncheons and four evening dinners
Always he would shake hands and
talk with those present and one day
would hardly be finished before the
committee arrived to start the next
day's activities,
iraduated from a commercial school
in 1006, Farley started out to make his
way in the business world. His early
training had made him unafraid of
hard work and his employers soon dis-
covered that the young man from up
and miles Is what
his first year
every form
airplane
thirty
using
excepting
necessary to salesmhanship-the abil
ity to sell himself. Ie was quickly
sent Into the field, onto the firing line,
out where the customers were,
As a distributor of building mate
rials Farley is noted for having a
clear knowledge of the business, a
willingness to give customers perfect
service and a deep understanding of
construction problems of every na-
ture, His experienced viewpoint has
made him Invaluable, not only to his
own company, but also to the Indus
trial National bank of which he is a
director.
i
i
Time Now to Plan
for Fall Garden
Soil and Seed Beds Need
Proper and Timely
Preparation.
MORROW, Extension Horticul-
North Carolina State College.~
WNU Service
Carefully preparing the soll and us
ing partally shaded seed beds will
permit the gardener to have a supply
By E. B
turist,
i
need to be
to seed them
beds rather
plants which
transplanted, it is better
in partally shaded
attempt to plant in the open
fleld, A lattice work of small slats
makes an excellent for such
a bed, but if slats available,
goed
covering
are not
may he
should
the
used. However, this covering
be placed high enough
ground to permit free eirculation of
the alr and room for wuter-
ing and weeding. If the soil is dry
when the seeding is witer ft
thoroughly and t} with old
sacks to retain ure. He
the the
lings beg ush through
earth.
In planting gard seeds
down
above
te give
made
en
the moist
cover
seed
the
move sacks as soon ns
directly
in rows,
er deep furros ‘over more deeply
then when spring planting 18 done
especially 3
Crops,
when ante
the fn g
fully pu and possi
bly boards or old sacks laid over the
row, used, ral
them i :
throug
rock
tho
ii
- Me rits
Star Thistle
with the
Disagree Ove
of Yellow
What's to bs
star ti ?
far it hasn't
way out. It
there are
thrive
SOUrCes o ectar and that star thistle
hon v } n price
Los Angeles
Poison the Gophers
Pocket gop
by polsonis
grain
son commonly
In using poison
way of the rodent should be located
the bait dropped into the run
entrance to the runway should
ball of damp
Baits need to
be placed only at two points in each
separate ten to thirty
mounds, which is usually the home of
a single gopher, Ag new mounds are
thrown up, they can be easily seen,
and these live runs poisoned again.
Wallace's Farmer.
Protéct the Navel Cord
One of the first steps after the calf
is dropped Is to disinfect the navel
iodine, using a
hers may be controlled
ing with either vegetahl
is the
e or
baits, Strychnine pol
employed,
the the main run
and
The
then be closed ith a
earth or wad of
system of
In case iodine is not available, use a
Bb per cent solution of a coal-tar disin
fectant. Hold a cupful of this solu.
tion up under the calf so that the raw,
exposed part of the navel cord is sub.
merged. Repeat the treatment dally
until the cord becomes dry. Proper
diginfection of the navel prevents dis
ease germ# from entering the body of
the calf at that point-—Exchange,
Season Posts Before Setting
In a test in Jowa, ecatalpa posts
Instedl 18S years without any chemical
treatment. Those treated with creo
sote lasted 28 years,
These posts were not put in until
they had a year to dry after being
cut. It always pays to let the post
season If possible. Cut them, If yon
can, in the fall so they will dry out
enough to prevent the wood borers
from attacking them while they are
green,
Leaves Filter Water
In Oklahoma an experiment was
made to find how much water the
leafy covering in wooded land holds,
Measurements showed the amount
held on the land was much more than
the leaves could hold. The investiga.
tors found that the leaves filter the
water, keep it clear and let it soak In.
to the soil through cracks and holes,
Where there is no leafy covering to
filter the water, silt fills these pores
and more water then runs off the
land. carrying eroded soil.
Increase Value of
Timber by Pruning
Foresters Advise Treating
Forest Trees.
Fruit growers have pruned their
trees for years to get more good fruit
with its blush developed to the rosiest
hue, but forest trees have just grown
in a finish-fight for the survivg]l of
the fittest. Now Cornell foresters ad-
vise farmers who have pine planta
tions that they ean increase the value
of the lumber about $400 to the acre
by pruning.
Trees which grow close together and
four Inches or
seven to ten feet of
These
the tree
removed the tree grows
without say.
about
trees In ar
The first
when
off as |
i from the
diameter of
more have
stem branches,
branches provide no food for
and if they
clear wood
Only the dom
two hundred of
have a
about
with dead
are
knots, they
inant
the
need to be
pruning
branches « an be
tress, or
best
pruned.
should be done
nere
cut
pruner can reac
iter pra
the
T will be nes
f the first
NHings
that 70 per cent
inch tree is in
'
i
pruned, will
Dairy Calves s Bei efited
by Vitamin D in Rat
ng re nable
Gardenir ng
Hints
Hed
: venty-five
nes were
nent pas
hich was
Next came
1
ng were Italia
brome
and per
and meadow fescne
standard pasture
ranked next to t in pal
Dakota Farmer,
rasses hose
atabilits
rodent Control
treatments with repellent sub
stance to prevent Injury by rodents
and birds is not generally recommend
ed, as the seed
aged in the process,
Oderkirk
Seed
may
according to G. C
of the United States biologi
cal survey. Instead of treating the
seed the possibility
damage, or delayed germination, it
will be better to depend upon poisoned
bait to reduce the number of destruc
tive rodents that the seed
Mechanical devices can be used quite
effectively to scare off birds during the
shorter period when they may cause
damage.
with
dest roy
Agricultural Squibs
The United States produces one
third of all the apples grown in the
world,
- - -
Michigan State college animal hus
bandry experts have found wheat
equal to corn as a fattening feed for
hogs,
» . -
Jased on income, wheat is the most
important crop in Idaho, providing a
gross income of over £10,000,000 and
$12,000,000 in 1020 and 10930,
LE
When a seed crop is desired, early
cutting of the first erop of red clover
will increase the seed crop.
- * *
Let no one run any unnecessary
cholera risk. Be on the safe side by
immunizing the pigs at once, If that
precaution has not already been taken.
- . -
The production outlook for winter
wheat in Illinois is 22.8806.000 bushels,
as compared with 43,146,000 bushels in
1081, according to A. J. Surratt, agri-
cultural statistician. There will be no
overproduction of wheat this year
$ @ a
Mercolized Wax
Keeps Skin Young
Get un ounce sev une as directed, Fine particles of aged
skin peel off until all defects such as pimples nd
spote, tan and freckles dissppeny. Biin is thes soft
snd velvety, Your (aoe looks pesrs younger. Meroolined
War brings out the hidden beauty of your skin, Te
niles use one ounce Powdered Baxoitig
dissolved in une ball pint witeh basel, At drug siores.
Illiteracy in City Less
Than in the Country
The city lad is smarter than his
country cousin, according to figures
made public by the Department of
Commerce,
The percentage of illiteracy
city population shown in the
for 1000 ranged from three
1 per cent for persons ten to four-
teen years of for
those sixty-five years and over. In
the rural population the comparative
percentages y and 15.11.
The census bureau defir
erate
read and
any other lang
in the
Census
tenths of
#age to 74 per cent
were 2.0
iit.
i
kon wi is n able to
write either AE ii or
Hany
per
ures show 4.5%
iliiterates
er 1A" fy
=o M47 Indiv
nnd over
The Best Treatment
for Falling Hair
Dandruff and itching scalp. Rub
your scalp lightly with Cuticeura
Ointment;
with Cutieura Soap. They
tend to free the scalp from minor
eruptions and establish a permanent
after a time shampoo
condition of hair health,
snd 50c.
Blouse for a Bride
$1
Semple each {res
Address: +» Cationra,®
Dept. 3T, Malden, Mase
the men wear
These, also,
wash once a
they weave
and day.
Jail Looked Good to Him
Three after
the Sussex county (Delaware) jail, a
prisoner re and found ad-
mitta & refused him. When he
knocked at the gate the warden told
around on visitors’ day.
Finally, he recognized by a
guard and the was opened.
“Jail was the most attractive place
I've seen gince 1 left,” he told the
warden, "and that's I came
back.”
weeks escaping from
turned
nce wa
him to come
was
gate
why
Too Big for Comfort
When Fraulein Brunhilde, the Ger.
man giantess, was in London some
years ago she never dared go out for
a walk, because at once a crowd col-
lected to stare up at her. She was
very nearly eight feet high. She could
not get into a taxi and could only
travel in a specially made motor car.
Life, she explained, was “one contin
ual bending.”
i
What Else?
“What struck you most
travels?”
“Other people's umbrellas”
finder Magazine.
after all, I= not a fised
end, but only a means
on your
Path
Equality,
and definite
to an end.
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