Evening star., 1940-02-07
Farley Predicts
Better Harmony
Than Among 6. 0.P.
Choirmon, Mrs. Roosevelt.
Senator Walsh Speak
At Women's Forum Series

At Womens Forum series
Carefully avoiding any direct ref
erence to the Roosevelt third-term
question, James A. Farley, chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, last night predicted that
the coming presidential campaign
will find the Democrats more in
harmony than the Republicans.
The Postmaster Generals remarks
were addressed to an audience at
tending the first of series of forums
sponsored by the Woman's National
Democratic Club. A picture of poll
tics and world peace-under a gen.
eral program title Of Peace, Unity
and Co-operation"-was presented
by Mr.. Farley, Mrs. Franklin D..
Roosevelt, Senator Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts and Ernest K.
Lindley, newspaper columnist.
A fifth scheduled speaker, Ma
jority Leader Rayburn of the House,
was unable to attend due to illness.
Farley Escapes Questioning.
Mr.. Farley, who spoke first and
departed for another engagement,
thereby escaping barrage of ques-
tions from the audience at the con-
clusion of the talks, pointed to the
"degree of unity that prevails as the
party Democratic) approaches the
coming election"
The national committee chairman
defended the Roosevelt administra-
tion as one that has not been "timid
or afraid to accept the consequences
OF its own program"
The party has survived, he de-
clared, because 'in the main it has
remained loyal and steadfast to the
major purpose for which it was
founded"
THAT purpose" he said, "is the
promotion of the welfare of all the
people.
Mr.. Farley contended that the one
outstanding reason the Republican
party has declined in the last decade
is that 1t "lost touch with the great
mass of common citizens"
Mr.. Farley admonished Democrats
to maintain party ideals and OBJ
jectives and to preserve the national
scope OF its unity" He pointed to
the conflicts among the party's
members over methods and policies
as unavoidable" but warned against
"the fatal error of drifting apart on
fundamental objectives."
Mrs. Roosevelt avoided politics in
her discussion of the forum topic
from the standpoint of the indi-
vidual. She spoke in broad terms of
the necessity for peace within the
individual before group co-opera-
ton and a world wide unity of ideals
could come about.
World peace, she said is de-
pendent on the degree of individual
harmony and the solution of prob
lens at home.
Later, Senator Walsh warned that
the United States cannot promote
world peace or save the world for
democracy by joining the European
war"
Asked by one of the audience at
the conclusion of the talks whether
the loan Of large sum of money
to Finland, for use in any way that
country saw fit, would fall in line
with his foreign policy views, Sena-
tor Walsh replied:
'Such a loan would be a very
dangerous precedent, bordering on
an act of unneutrality"
Mr.. Lindley predicted the Demo-
Gratis would get the support of the
Independents in the coming cam
paign if they did not Change the
recipe"
Suggest Platform Builders.
He advocated as an aid in securing
the support of the independents the
recruiting of La Toilette, La
Guardia and Norris as speakers at
the national convention" and as
aides in framing the party plat
form and slate.
The forum moderator, George v
Denny, jr, president of the Town
Hall, Inc, New York, who intro
duced Mrs. Roosevelt as "the First
Lady of all First Ladies of our land,
made the only direct reference to
the third term question.
He explained to the audience
which overf1owed the ballroom at
the Carlton Hotel that no personal
or irrelevent questions should be
asked the speakers. An example OF
the latter, he said, would be Mrs
Roosevelt, is your husband going to
run for a third term?" Mrs. Roose-
velt smiled and the audience ap-
plauded and laughed aloud.
Mrs. David Tucker Brown, presi-
dent Of the Woman's National
Democratic Club, opened the pro-
gram and introduced the forum
chairman, Mrs. Curtis Shears.
Mrs. Roosevelt to ToIk
Rafora lru,~.l n~-..