POLITICAL NOTES: Peaceful Penetration

Postmaster General Farley, principal patronage dispenser for the Administration, last week completed his peaceful penetration of the most non-political citadel in Washington when his man Emil Hurja (pronounced Hur-ya.) took over a desk in the Public Works Administration. It was all done so smoothly and tactfully that Public Works Administrator Ickes, who is also Secretary of the Interior, thought that he had taken Mr. Hurja in on his own motion. Smart Jim Farley sat back and let him continue to think so.

Emil Hurja was born of Finnish parents some 40 years ago...

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