1939 was a bad year for James Aloysius Farley. He was against a third term for Franklin Roosevelt. He had a yearning to be President himself. But Roosevelt had held all the cards.
In the most recent installments of "Why I Broke With Roosevelt" in Collier's,* Farley sounds as though he still hurt in every one of his 216 pounds at the very memory.
Poor Relations. In the summer of 1939 Farley got an invitation to call on Chicago's late George Cardinal Mundelein. By Farley's account the Cardinal said to him:
"I had a most enjoyable visit with the President. It...
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