This week Franklin Roosevelt suffered his worst political defeat since an irate Congress forced him to backtrack on packing the Supreme Court in 1937. What had at first seemed like a minor political revolt against his nomination of ex-Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn as Minister to Australia turned into a rout. Faced with certain Senate rejection, Ed Flynn asked that his name be withdrawn. The President complied.
Said Ed Flynn: "I am unwilling to permit my candidacy to be made the excuse for partisan political debate in the Senate. . . . What happens to me is of no importance....
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