DEMOCRATS: Omission

New York Democrats gathered at the National Democratic Club in Manhattan to celebrate the 201st birthday of Thomas Jefferson. At least 201 times in the three hours of oratory, the shade of Jefferson was invoked. But not once did State Chairman James A. Farley, or any other speaker, so much as mention the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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