Evening star., 1938-10-06
FARLEY TO BACK
PARTY NOMINEES
Committee Chairman Sets
at Rest Rumors He Will
Fight Conservatives.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
chairman of the Democratic Commit.
tee, is going down the line for all can.
didates nominated for Congress and fol
Governor in the coming campaign. He
set completely at rest any fears that
he might turn the weight of the ma
tional organization against conserva-
tive Democrats whose politicl scalp
the President had demanded, in q
press conference late yesterday-the
first he has held in weeks.
The generalissimo of the Democratic
and New Deal forces said he was going
back to New York almost Immediately
and would remain there until after the
election-with few incursions into
other States. He is chairman of the
Democratic State Committee of New
York, and it is his job, above all others
to see that Racket Busting Tom
Dewey, the Republican white hope
does not defeat Gov Lehman, ano
that the State generally goes Demo-
cratic.
One of Mr.. Farleys side trips will be
to Boston, where he is scheduled tc
speak on October %.
Roofing for Curley.
II hope Jim Curley will win" said
the chairman, referring to the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Massa-
chusetts. He admitted he believed
Curley had real fight on his hands.
Mr.. Farley got good deal of amuse-
ment out of the fact that the Town
sendites have joined up with the Re-
publicans in Massachusetts.
"They talk about the Democratic
party being radical and look what the
Republicans are doing in Massa-
chusetts," he commented They took
the Townsend Endorsement in Maine,
too"
His attention was called to the fact
that the Republicans had won in
Maine and also to the fact that he and
the rest of the national Democratic
organization were backing Sheridan
Downey who won the Democratic
senatorial nomination in California
over Senator McAdoo. and that Dow
ney's chief platform plank was S30-
a-week pension plan, better known as
the ham and-eggs" plan.
Sure, I am backing Downey," said
Farley. He is the regular nominee
Of the party"
Fails to Rank Proposal.
He would not express an opinion as
to whether the Sheridan $30-a-week
pension plan was any more or less
radical than the Townsend old age
pension plan. His declaration that
he intended to support all Democratic
nominees was made in answer to a
question whether he would favor the
election of any liberal Republicans
over conservative Democrats. Presi-
dent Roosevelt said several weeks age
at a press conference that he would
not "object" to the election of liberal
Republicans in place of reactionary
Democrats.
Farley said he included Senator
Tydings Of Maryland, Senator Gillette
of Iowa, and all other Senators whom
the New Dealers had tried to defeat,
in the list of Democratic nominees
he would support.
He was asked if the President would
support them also for reelection.
You will have to ask the President
that" he replied. II am speaking only
for myself and the Democratic Ma
tional Committee-and I am covering
a good deal of ground at that"
It was suggested that the admin
istration might prefer Clyde Reed, for
mer Governor and at present Repub-
iican nominee for Senator in Kansas.
Il am supporting Senator McGill, "
said Farley, firmly. Reed has always
been considered an advanced liberal
In Kansas.
No Expression on New Purge"
The national chairman would ex-
press no opinion about reports that
a new kind of purge" is to be
launched by the New Dealers directed
at those Federal appointees named
by Senators and Representatives who
have not stood 100 per cent with the
President on all legislation.
IT think it is silly to discuss now
what is going to happen after the
election" Farley said
will Dewey defeat Gov. Lehman"
Farley was asked
I'VE have nominated one of the
strongest tickets the Democrats ever
put forward in New York" he an
swered. There never was any doubt
after Lehman was nominated that
New York will go Democratic"
How did you persuade Gov. Leh-
man to run again?" was another ques-
ton.
I'VE convinced Lehman it was essen
tial that good and progressive govern
ment should continue in New York, "
said Farley. THE Governor did not
want to run; he wanted to be candi-
date for Senator. But we convinced
him"
Wagner Next Choice.
He said that Senator Wagner had
been his first choice" for the guber-