U.S. At War: Jim Farley Gets to Work

The Democratic Party's James A. Farley, greatest living political tourist, first-named his way up & down the Midwest last week. He turned up in Denver "on business," dropped by Omaha on a "chance visit en route," just happened to hit St. Louis to talk to "old political and personal friends."

These elaborate tongue-in-cheek explanations showed that Jim Farley, who likes straight talk when circumstances permit, was not yet ready to tip his hand for 1944. But they did not obscure the fundamental fact: the fight against a Fourth Term for Franklin Roosevelt, inside the...

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