National Affairs: Democracy's Day

Bitter winds swept through the streets of Harrisburg one day last week, but every Democrat in the city glowed with a great inner warmth. Side by side the nation's No. 1 Democratic boss and Pennsylvania's No. 1 Democratic boss grinned under their top hats. Row on row sat some 100 Democratic Congressmen, who had had a House holiday declared for the occasion. Just ahead of Postmaster General Farley and Senator Guffey marched George H. Earle, 44, wealthy Philadelphian who shed his Republicanism in 1932, contributed handsomely to the Roosevelt campaign fund, was rewarded...

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