Evening star., 1940-08-10
No Cabinet Post for Flynn
Roosevet's New Compugn Manager Denies
He Has Any Political Ambitions for Self
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

President Roosevelt's personally
picked campaign manager-big Ed
Flynn of the Bronx-has no inten-
ton of accepting any cabinet post,
has no desire for any place in the
Presidents political family" never
had political ambitions and hasn't
any now. In this he is unique in
the line of President makers" with
In the memory of current politicians.
Mr.. Flynn has been in Washington
for several days, comforting with
party leaders preparatory to taking
over the job of chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
from which his close friend, Jim
Farley. is to retire. For some time
he has been learning the ropes at
the Democratic campaign head
quarters in the Bellevue Hotel, New
York. He already is we'll oriented
at the headquarters, where he and
Mr.. Farley have been closely asso-
ciated and working together for
more than 20 years.
Usually a successful manager of a
presidential campaign becomes the
distributor of party patronage, is
adviser in chief to the President,
and occupies an important official
position in the Capital, where he
is readily accessible to party chief
tains from all the States. He also
makes frequent forays into the
States to see that the party organi-
zation Is being we'll maintained
In recent years the postmaster
generalship has been considered the
proper Office through which the par
ty workers are kept content and
rewarded for their efforts, as in the
case Of Mr.. Farley, DR.. Work, Will
Hays, etc. But none of that for him.
says Edward J. Flynn. Time will
tell.
Financially Independent.
Il am just taking over this job
because of a very real affection for
President Roosevelt, and because I
believe in what he is trying to do"
Mr.. Flynn says. II am not trying
to make job for myself-probably
because I don't need it financially"
he added, when his attention was
called to how a steady line of his
predecessors had been induced to
become cabinet members.
In his personal affairs Mr. Flynn
is well fixed. He is still relatively
young-he will be 49 on September
22-and is independently wealthy,
with a summer estate at Lake
Mahapac, N. Y, and a ranch in
Nevada. He has beautiful, auburn
haired wife and three children to
whom he is devoted Politics is his
favorite hobby, but he doesn't take
it home with him. my wife doesn't
know politics." he smilingly explains
He has been helpful" in getting
good political appointments for
many of his old schoolmates, but
he asks nothing for himself.
This is the third important post
for which Mr.. Roosevelt has picked
him. When Mr. Roosevelt was Gov
ernor of New York, he asked Mr..
Flynn to be secretary of the State
Senate. Since he has been Presi-
dent, he appointed Mr.. Flynn as
Federal Government commissioner
for the New York Worlds Fair, and
now he has designated him as his
third-term campaign manager.
While Mr.. Flynn is not yet ready
to discuss campaign plans, he is
quite willing to be quoted as saying
he is confident we'll win" At the
same time, he confesses that he
doesn't expect to fill Jim Farley's
shoes-either physically or meta
phorically. I'll just do my best"
he says, land I'll have many good
helpers"
No Big Changes Expected.
He does not anticipate any i'm
portant changes in the campaign
organization, or in the headquarters
Office force which has been we'll
trained under Mr.. Farley and is well
known to political leaders all over
the country.
Mr.. Flynn has a pleasant per-
sonality, wins friends easily and has
a strong Farley touch in the gracious
way he meets people. But he has
a peculiar weakness for a man who
has gone so far and been at times a
storm center in public life. He is
shy and admits it. He denies he