Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-02
Famous SAYINGS
News Behind
the News
A NeuU Report
Farley and CLARK

WAS1ilNO lSlN. - haVcoO oSii'
ton to tingle the ears OF political
insiders is report Jim Farley
favors Senator Bennett Clark OF
Missouri for President in 1910 and
himself for governor of New York
in 1888.
Farley is said to have told GER
tain members of the Democratic
Finance Committee he would be
able to control a majority OF dele
gates at the next party convention
and nominate himself or one OF
his friends. Clark, he intimated,
stood foremost among his friends.
If this report is true-and 1t is
causing disturbance in some very
high places-it becomes doubly sig
nificant because Clark for some
months has been rumored the 1910
favorite of Vice-President Garner.
Politicians in both New Deal and
anti-New Deal Democratic factions
have suspected a Forthcoming Gar
ner- Farley alliance against the
New Dealers surrounding the Pres
ident.
Top. New Dealers are so con-
vinced Farley seeks the New York
governorship they have abandoned
hope-temporarily, at least-of get
ting a man of their own choice
nominated. A New York governor
automatically becomes a presiden-
tial possibility and the governor
ship would strengthen Farley's pos
ition at the national convention.
New Dealers complain the prob
ability of District Attorney Tom
DeWey's candidacy on the Repub-
lican ticket and the scandals in
volving Farley's political ally, jim
mie Hines, would make arley's cleo
ton unlikely. But there's nothing
they can do and they admit Farley
can get the nomination if he wants
it.
Curiously, no break between Far
ley and Roosevelt has yet occurred
which indicates Jim would not
support F.DR. for a third term
if the latter wanted it. Even those
Roosevelt friends bitterest against
Farley believe his loyalty would
lead him to back the President on
such an issue. Perhaps that's a
hope, although Farley has publicly
said any man would be foolish to
indicate his presidential candidacy
before Roosevelt made his plans
known.
John L. Lewis is determined to
do something about the factional
dispute in the United Automobile
Workers before the CIO has its
first convention in the fall. Presi-
dent Homer Martin of the U.A.W
probably won't like it, although
Lewis is expected to base whatever
action he takes on requests from
the unions rank and file.
Other CIO leaders have pointed
Out to Lewis the absurdity of let
ting this big union go to piece:
while one small top group charges
the other is dominated by Stalir
Communists and the other allege!
its opponents are led by Loveston'
Communists.
Recent meetings of textile en-
ployers and labor leaders with
Wage-H Hour Administrator Elmer F
Andrews were only prelude tt
hearings on proposals the mini
mum wage in the industry be plac'
ed higher than the legal mini
mum of 25 cents an hour effective
October "a
Reports of a likely 30-cent mini
mum have come from employers
most of whom are willing to agree
But textile labor leaders will asl
more-and may get just a bi
more. Thirty cents was the MR.
textile wage minimum.
There's. man in Mansfield,
o., who has just completed pic
ture in $4,000 pieces, and the
bets are that he was one of the
men who re-drew the map of
Europe at Versailles.
A squabble in st. Louis over tn
art museums purchase of statu
cite of a cat has been gathering
momentum. Right now the statu
cites the only cat in the city
that isn't being slung at some.
body's head.