Mr. Democrat: Jim Farley, the New Deal and the Making of Modern American Politics

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Notes Introduction 1. On Rove as “the architect,” see “Ex-Utahn Was Architect of Victory,” Deseret News, 7 November 2004, http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595103609,00.html (accessed 29 April 2005); “Four More Years Attributed to Rove’s Strategy,” Washington Post, 7 November 2004; “Rove Unleashed,” Newsweek, 6 December 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6596809/site/newsweek (accessed 29 April 2005). For the quote from Roosevelt on election night, see Lela Stiles, The Man behind Roosevelt: The Story of Louis McHenry Howe (Cleveland: World, 1954), 218. The other man Franklin Roosevelt thanked for his victory was Louis Howe. 2. James A. Farley, Behind the Ballots: The Personal History of a Politician (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1938); Jim Farley’s Story: The Roosevelt Years (New York: Whittlesey House, 1948). 3. For Schlesinger’s view of Farley, see Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., The Age of Roosevelt , vol. 3, The Politics of Upheaval (Boston: Houghton Mif›in, 1960), 440–43. Chapter 1 1. Joseph Alsop, “James A. Farley Biography,” James A Farley—“Life” 1938 Article, box 32, Joseph and Stewart Alsop Papers, Library of Congress (hereafter cited as LC). 2. James A. Farley, Behind the Ballots: The Personal History of a Politician (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1938), 4–5. See also http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity /geese/stories/farley.htm (accessed 27 March 2005). 3. Ibid. 4. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 5–6. For Haverstraw brickmaking, see George V. Hutton, The Great Hudson River Brick Industry: Commemorating Three and a Half Centuries of Brickmaking (Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain, 2003); or visit http://www.haverstrawbrickmuseum.org/pages/1/index.htm (accessed 13 March 2005). 5. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 11. 6. Ibid., 10. 7. Ibid., 11–12, 15. 231 8. Ibid., 13–14. 9. Joseph Alsop, interview with Thomas Corcoran, 9 August 1938, James A. Farley —“Life” 1938 Article, box 32, Alsop Papers, LC; Farley, Behind the Ballots, 15; James A. Farley, Jim Farley’s Story: The Roosevelt Years (New York: Whittlesey House, 1948), 68. 10. Ted Morgan, FDR: A Biography (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984), 346. For Moley’s delineation of his and Farley’s roles in the 1932 presidential campaign, see Raymond Moley, After Seven Years (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939), 36–37. See also Raymond Moley, Twenty-seven Masters of Politics, in a Personal Perspective (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1949), 106–16. 11. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 20. 12. Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember (New York: Hutchinson, 1950), 62. 13. On Farley’s baseball career for Grassy Point and other local teams, see Farley, Behind the Ballots, 17. For evidence of Farley’s renown as a contact maker, see Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and In›uence People, rev. ed. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982), 75–77. By the end of his life, Farley had met nine U.S. presidents, three popes, and dozens of world leaders, including Churchill, Mussolini, Franco, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Indira Gandhi. 14. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 9, 18–19. For Farley’s last interview, in which he was still clearly taking an active interest in the Democratic Party’s affairs, see “One Last Hurrah for Mr. Democrat,” New York Sunday News, 11 July 1976, reel 52, Farley Papers, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (hereafter cited as FDRL). 15. Ernest Cuneo, “Roosevelt and Farley,” pp. 10–14, box 91, Ernest Cuneo Papers, FDRL; David M. Ellis, New York: State and City (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979), 5. 16. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 18. 17. Ibid. 18. Ibid., 17–20; Farley Memoranda, 15 February 1938, p. 7, reel 4, Private File, James A. Farley Papers, LC; James S. Olson, ed., Historical Dictionary of the New Deal: From Inauguration to Preparation for War (New York: Greenwood, 1985), 160–62. 19. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 19–22. 20. Ibid., 22; Farley Memoranda, 15 February 1938, pp. 8–9, 20–21; Alsop, “Farley Biography.” Though Farley is most closely associated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, he was also a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, and the Knights of Columbus. 21. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 23. 22. Ibid., 27; Rockland County Times, 8 May 1919, 12 June 1919, box 49, Farley Papers, LC. 23. Farley, Behind the Ballots, 23–24. 24. Robert A. Slayton, The Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith (New York: Free Press...