Evening star., 1938-01-23
FARLEY GOVERNOR
BACKING REPORTED
Roosevelt Is Said to Have
Hinted Support for New
York Race.

Within the last week, President
Roosevelt has indicated he believes
Postmaster General Farley is entitled
to the Democratic gubernatorial NOM
ination in New York next fall. 1t was
learned yesterday from trustworthy
source. The President. it was said,
had told Mr.. Farley he would like
to see him in the Governors man.
sion at Albany
Mention of the incident caused a
stir among the New Deal hackers Of
Robert H. Jackson, spearhead of the
administrations trust-buSting drive,
who had assumed the Assistant Attor-
ney General was the White House
candidate for the New York nominal
ton. Many of the jackson supporters
refused to believe the President has
said what he is reported to have said
to MIR. Farley. Others thought the
Endorsement. if given, was not to be
taken at face value.
If Mr.. Farley indicated he wanted
the nomination (Which this group
doubtedD the President, it was argued,
could not very well say no. Neverthe-
less, the Jackson supporters declined
to be shaken in their belief that Mr..
jackson was the Presidents man.
President Not Committed.
No one close to the White House
has ever committed the President to
the Jackson candidacy. But the as
sumption that he was being pushed
forward in the role of the administra-
tion's trust-buster as build-up in
his home State gained wide accept
ance after Mr.. Jackson announced in
an interview in New York that he
would bow to the wishes of the party
If he were drafted" New Deal spokes-
men, moreover, gave impetus to the
Jackson candidacy by boosting it at
every opportunity.
But If the President ever had any
thought of grooming his chief trust
buster for the gubernatorial nominal
ton, he has had plenty of reports
from New York Democratic leaders
since Mr.. Jackson's appearance before
the assembled democracy of New
York at the Jackson day dinner on
January 9 that Mr.. Jackson did not
go over" The leaders, the President
has been told, did not like his style
Of oratory. and felt that his attack on
big business and monopoly had i'm
paired his availability as candidate
Jackson Believed Slated.
While the White House denied yes
terday reports that Mr.. Jackson had
been promised appointment as solici-
tor general in an interview with the
President last week, 1t has been as
sumed all along that he was slated
for the promotion. Informed persons
said the nomination probably would go
to the Senate this week, if by that
time the Senate has approved the
appointment of the present solicitor
general, Stanley Reed, to the Supreme
Court.
AS Solicitor General, Mr.. jackson
would be less conspicuously identified
with the trust-busting campaign than
he is in his present position in charge
OF the Justice Department antitrust
division. While it would be possible
for him to keep his hand in the draft
ing Of the antitrust legislative pro-
gram and appear in the pending anti
trust cases. the office Of Solicitor Gen.
eral is not one which ordinarily is
much in the public eye AS a spring
board to the gubernatorial nomina-
ton, it is not all that a candidate
could desire.
Hint in Expected Promotion.
In some quarters, the expected pro-
motion of Mr.. Jackson is being con-
strued as hint that the administra-
ton would like to have the antitrust
drive toned down.
Postmaster General Farley has re-
fused to be drawn out as to whether
the President had discussed the gu
bernatorial nomination with him in
terms of candidates. There wasn't
much point. he insisted, in talking
about candidates at this early date,
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