Evening star., 1940-07-16

1t scarcely seems possible to be-
lieve that the 100 per cent New
Dealers should be more favorable to
Ed Kelly-of Kelly-Nash Chicago
machine fame-than they are to
Jim Farley, who carried the party
to victory in two national cam
paigns. But strange things have
been happening in recent months
and days.
In the first place, Mayor Kelly
has been carrier of the third term
torch-while Farley has been q
thorn in the side of the third-term
brigade. Not only did Mr.. Kelly
grab the ball and run with it early
this year, when the third term drive
was becoming more and more ac-
tive. but at the meeting of the DEM
ocratic National Committee in
Washington last winter he took Mr..
Farley for a ride-with the assist
ance OF President Roosevelt. Mr..
Farely. chairman of the national
committee, had made up his mind
the convention should 60 to Phila-
delphia and the thing seemed in the
bag. But when the votes were
counted Chicago had the edge.
Mayor Kelly. who had come to pre-
sent the claims of the Windy City.
was congratulated by the President
himself over the telephone before
Mr.. Kelly left the Willard Hotel,
where the meeting was held.
Kelly Gets in First Word.
And, yesterday at the opening
session of the Democratic National
Convention here it was Mayor Kelly
who got in the first word declaring
for a draft" of President Roosevelt
in his address of welcome to the
delegates. His attempt to stampede
the conventional it was such an
attempt-Was dud and it was Mr..
Farley's gavel that put an end to
q very feeble demonstration and
called the convention back to its
regular order.
1t was Mayor Kelly who put the
Presidents name in the Illinois
presidential preferential primary
last spring. after it looked as though
Vice President Garner might be
the only entry in that election. And
it was the Kelly-Nash machine
which labored hard to roll up
very large vote for the President in
that primary, to snow under Mr..
Garner and his friends.
All in all, the Farleys and the
Kellys have not been getting along
any too we'll together in this pre-
convention and convention struggle.
Farley Is Stumbling Block.
Mr.. Farley has turned out, so far,
to be the chief stumbling block for
the third termers, the draft Roose-
velt forces. The national chairman
has not only declined fatty to elm
mate himself from the presidential
race, but has made it more and
more evident that unless something
drastic is done to get him to change
his mind, he will have nothing to
do with the party's national or
ganization after President Roose-
velt shall have been renominated.
Some of the New Dealers, who
in the past have been particularly
anxious to get Mr.. Farley's political
scalp and his job as Postmaster Gen.
eral and his job as national chair
man, have suffered in recent days
from an attack of nerves. There
has been an effort to appease Mr..
Farley and get him to go along,
even to the extent of becoming the
campaign manager once again.
Mr.. Farley's public utterances
have given them little hope. He
has repeatedly insisted his name
would be presented to the conven-
ton when candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination are called for.
And in his address to the national
convention last night Mr.. Farley
virtually bade farewell.
His speech to the convention was
in effect eulogy of the Democratic
national organization, whose up