THE CABINET: Farley Surplus

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When James Aloysius Farley, who had done well selling building materials, took over the Post Office Department last year he announced in his quiet way that he was going to show the nation how its "largest single business" should be run. Last July the Postmaster General radioed to President Roosevelt aboard the Houston a triumphant vindication of his boast: "I have the honor to inform you that pre-audited figures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1934, show, after making the usual adjustments authorized by...

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