This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

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Address Of James A. Farley, On The Evening Star Forum, Monday, November 8, 1937, Over The Coast To Coast Network Of The National Broadcasting Company.

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

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JIM FARLEYS STORY Roosevelt Drears BY JAMES A. ARLEY WHITTLESEY HOUSE McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK TORONTO JIM FARLEYS STORY The Roosevelt Years Copyright, 1948, by JAMES A, FARLEY All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. SECOND PRINTING The quality of the materials used in the manufacture of this book is governed by continued postwar shortages. PUBLISHED BY WHITTLESEY HOUSE A DIVISION OF THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC. PBINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To my mother ELLEN GOLDRICK FARLEY and 10 my wife ELIZABETH A. FARLEY to whom I owe everything I gratefully acknowledge a heavy debt for editorial help to my good friend, Walter Trohan of the Chi cago Tribune, who knew almost every word of this story for years and never broke my confidence CONTENTS 1. EARLY DAYS I 2. POLITICAL DRUMMER II 3. BATTLING FOR BALLOTS 19 4. FIRST CAMPAIGN 28 5. ON TO WASHINGTON 33 6. TAKING IT ON THE CHIN 46 7. SECOND CAMPAIGN PROPHET WITH HONOR 58 8. DRIFTING APART 68 9. THE COURT FIGHT 77 10. COURT AFTERMATH 91 1 1. DEPRESSION AGAIN IOO 12. NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP, Io8 13. PURGE PRESCRIBED I2O 14. PURGE FAILURE AND NEW DEAL ROUT 137 1 5. THIRD TERM BEGINNINGS 151 16. MORE RUMBLINGS 158 17. THE CARDINAL AND THE PRESIDENT 174 18. HYDE PARK CONFERENCE, 1939 l8o 19. POLITICS TAKES A HOLIDAY 192 20. POLITICS RETURNS 2O2 2 1 . GARNERS HAT IN RING 217 22. FARLEYS HAT IN RING 223 23. MAKING MY DECISION 236 24. HYDE PARK CONFERENCE, 1940 246 25. CHICAGO AGAIN 259 26. 1940 CONVENTION 271 27. NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT 283 28. THIRD TERMERS TRIUMPH 289 29. WALLACE SECOND CHOICE 299 30. ROOSEVELT PLEADS 307 3U MRS. ROOSEVELTPLEADS . 313 ix x Contents 32. MY LAST CABINET MEETING 318 33. THIRD TERM ELECTION 34. PEARL HARBOR 35. BROOKLYN CONVENTION 347 36. FOURTH TERM 3 -Q 37. FINAL DAYS INDEX JIM FARLEYS STORY The Roosevelt

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