Evening star., 1936-07-08
FARLEY TO LEAVE
| CABINET AUGUST |.
Gets FurIough Without Pay
to Direct Roosevelt
Campaign.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

James A. Farley steps out Of the
dual role of Postmaster General and
chairman of the Democratic National
| Committee on August !, to conf1ne
himself to the latter job.
Farley will devote all his time and
| attention from August l until after
the national election, November 3, to
running the Presidents campaign for
reelection.
He has not resigned as Postmaster
General. He will be merely on leave
without pay. w. w. Howes, first as
sistant Postmaster General, will be
acting as head of the Post ONCE De-
partment during Farley's absence.
President Roosevelt has created an
other precedent in giving a furlough
to cabinet officer to do political
work. The plan was announced by
the President at his press conference
late yesterday.
Under it the President does not have
to name a new member Of his cabinet.
The place will be open to Mr.. Farley
as soon as the campaign is at an end.
Speculation at an End.
There has for months been a great
amount of speculation as to how the
President and MI Farley would meet
| the situation. Farley had no desire
TO give up his cabinet Office. At the
same time the President was anxious
to have Farley continue as head OF
the Democratic National Committee
In
For two years there have been con-
stantly recurring reports that Farley
would either resign as Postmaster
General or as chairman OF the Demo-
cratic National Committee. His crit
les have insisted that 1t was unethical
for him to remain as head OF one
of the great departments Of the Gov
ernment and at the same time carry
on as the chief political lieutenant of
the President and as dispenser OF
Federal patronage.
Farley has not now resigned his
cabinet post. however. He will, it is
presumed. resume his Office as Post
master General when the national
election is over. The President was
not specific as to the exact date of
h e..d Of the Farley furlough. He
''--' iha Through would continue
until after the election"
Requested by Farley.
It Is understood that the arrange
ment now made was at the request
Of Farley himself In his opinion his
prestige would have been lowered had
he actually resigned and stepped out
Of the cabinet.
Farley has been much interested In
his work as head of the Post Office
Department and he has never desired
to relinquish that job. In fact he prob
ably would have preferred to give up
the Craftsmanship Of the Democratic
National Committee had the matter
been pressed to a final issue in the
past.
Some Of President Roosevelt's sup
porters, among them Senator George
w. Norris of Nebraska, have insisted
for a long time that Farley should
not continue as head of the Post
Office Department and as national
chairman of the Democratic party.
How the new arrangement will appeal
to them is still question.
Farley will make his headquarters
in New York-the main Democratic
campaign headquarters. He will 60
to New York the end of this week, but
not to stay. For he will be back in
Washington on the business of the
Post Office Department until after
August l..
The Democratic chairman has, dur
ing the last three and a half years,
been busily engaged in building up
the party organization in all parts of
the country. He has Travelled across
the continent and the length of the
land several times, and has spoken to
large crowds on innumerable occa-
sions. The difficulty for the admin
istration has not been to find Post
master General to take his place. but
to find a new national chairman as
we'll equipped as Farley.