Evening star., 1932-08-08
FARLEY CONFERS
WITH Il LEADERS
Opens Series of ParIeys With
State Managers of Roose-
veIt Campaign.
Ry The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 8.-Democratic
National Chairman James A. Farley to-
day went into the first session Of
series of conferences he is conducting
this week with State chairmen and
other party leaders from all over the
country, as national headquarters for
the Roosevelt-Garner campaign were
formally opened in the Biltmore Hotel
today.
Farley met with 81 Democratic lead
ers today. They were mostly from the
West and Northwest Tomorrow he will
talk with a group of Southwesterners.
He has summoned the State chairmen,
or some other representatives of every
State, to New York this week.
Cohen at Conference.
John S. Cohen Of Atlanta, Ga, vice
chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee. was present at the first con-
ference today. Others who attended the
sessions were;
Tx. Cassidy, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and j. c.
O'dahoney, Democratic national COM
mitteeman of Wyoming; Arthur Null
lens. Democratic national committee
man and Roosevelt floor leader at the
national convention, and j. j. Thomas,
Nebraska State chairman; T. A. Walter,
State chairman, Idaho; Urey Woodson,
foY ofjnro1 ittPpn1n nf Ken
tucky. Carl Donaugh, State chairman,
Oregon: William Mcknight chairman
of the State Committee, Nevada; Writ
G. Bowman. national committeeman,
and c. E. Addams, State chairman of
Arizona w. A. Julian, national COM
mitteeman. Ohio jed c. Adams,
national committeeman from Texas;
George E. Starr, State chairman, Wash
ington; D. NJ. Draper, State chairman,
Utah; Hors ito J. Abbott, national COM
mitteeman Michigan; w. w. Howes,
national committeeman, South Dakota;
w. j. Barker, State chairman, New
Mexico; o. A. La Budde, State chair
man. Wisconsin,; Joseph F. Guffey
Rooseveit'S campaign manager in Penn
sylavnia before the primaries, and Frank
c. Walker, treasurer of the Democratic
National Committee.
AS the headquarters opened today
desks had been set up for eight regional
leaders, who will form an advisory
board in the conduct of the campaign.
It has been announced that there will
be a representative Of these eight dis
trictS at headquarters at all times dur
ing the campaign. The leaders will be
replaced from time to time, each one
spending a period of about month in
New York.
Regional Leaders Report.
Those who reported today were: Sen
etor David I. Walsh, who was one OF
the leaders in the pre-convention cam
paign of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith
in Massachusetts,, who will represent
the States of New York, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode
Island and New Hampshire; Joseph
Guffey of Pennsylvania, representing
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky,
West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey,
Delaware and Virginia; Senator John
S. Cohen Of Georgia, representing
Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi. Alabama, Florida. and
North and South Carolina; Arthur
Mullens of Nebraska, representing Ne
b~aska, Colorado. Kansas and Arkan-
sas: w. K. Julian of Ohio, representing
Ohio and Indiana; J. c. O'Mahoney of
wyoming, representing Wyoming, Wash
ington, oregon. California, Montana,
Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona; Ho-
ratio Abbott of Michigan, representing
Michigan. Wisconsin. Illinois and Mis-
souri,. and w. W. HoWeS Of South Da-
kota, representing the Dakotas, Mime
sofa and Iowa.
Outlines Campaign Pleas.
As the conference adjourned for
lunch Farley said he had briefly out
lined his campaign pleas to the visl-
tors, preparatory to hearing their sug-
gestions later in the day.
We want to see If our plans Mt IN
with conditions in their States, and
also go over with them their local con-
ditions," he said I'VE are taking an
inventory of their needs in such mat
ters as literature, speakers and so on"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was
10 conduct a women's meeting while the
conference was on between Farley and
the men, attended his conference in
stead.
L was merely representing Miss Mary
Deusen, who is to have charge Of the
womens campaign" she said. Miss
Deusen is on a vacation.
Il asked them to let us know what
help they would need in their States in
campaigning among the women, and
they promised to do So
Farley announced Mullens will be
vice chairman and secretary of the
advisory board, composed Of the re-
gional leaders.