Show Writer Goes Gun Gunning ing for fr Fa Farley J And Lists His Political Sin The political blunders of ot ter er General Farley arc are primarily the concern of his political chief President dent Roosevelt In so far br a. a as they affect the Integrity and efficiency of If government government govern govern- government ment national state and city they touch the life He property and happiness of ot every everyone one They cannot be passed by as a matter of partisan conc concern rn The list is now a considerable one It was Mr Farl Farley y who last October by promises of ot federal office sought to defeat fusion in New York City Thanks to the able campaign of Mr LaGuardia the Farley man maneuver uv r failed The appalling airman airmail blunder ranks second on the list in point of time Its end is not yet A brave and loyal arm of national defense was wao asked to fly flythe flythe flythe the airmail with inferior equipment and inadequate training Every expert ex cx- pert in the country from Colonel Lindbergh Lindberch down understood the risks involved Mr Parley Farley could have known for the asking A relatively minor blunder in respect respect re reo to conspicuous individuals but extraordinarily vital in respect to business s efficiency is Mr Farleys Farley's latest cut of ot the postal delivery ser sere vice Here io is L' a loyal intelligent and underpaid branch of public service Politics has never controlled its rank and file tile Its salaries never large have been cut alon along with the salaries of other public Now it is Mr Farleys Farley's in Ingenious Idea to procure further small economics economies h b bj I cutting the number of deliveries i Already the protests of busin business men Tien are arc pouring In Orders and md d de liveries are alike delayed Confusion mounts At a moment when all han hand arc are straining every energy to American business business this vital organ orian o 0 communication is cut to pieces b bj cheeseparing economics economies The of the reduction in personnel to Is thi th th inhuman consequence of ot this Earle Farley policy l A third item in the Farley scandal ithe la i the slippery fashion in which th the Roosevelt administration has failed tailed to support fusion at Albany With all the huge power of federal patronage at atI I his command Mr Farley has permit I ted the cheap politics of the Flynn stripe to prevail at Albany An honest and courageous mayor of New York City finds himself in a crucial issue of economy opposed by the political right hand of ot President Roosevelt An administration which stands ready to starve nonpolitical postoffice em ern to the grievous handicapping of all business refuses cs to lift lilt a finger linger to permit the reduction of pay rolls so sc padded by a corrupt organization a ato as asto as asto to threaten the credit of 01 the great greatest t city in the nation i It is not a 1 pleasant spectacle for any American to contemplate This politician become postmaster general genera would hamstring reform of the appallingly ap- ap ap corrupt Tammany administration adminis in New York City He Ee would wreck a great industry and a fine line airmail air air- nail mall service and risk brave lives ii in order to score political victory Honis Hon is Ls a grave national scandal Mr Farley stands an obstacle t to efficient and honest government alike aliki In Jn Washington and in the state stat o ot of New ew York His holding of or the three of of flees of postmaster general chairman of the Democratic national committee commute and chairman of the Democratic state stat committee has hilS long been a pUblic scandaL His Ills political craftsmanship remains a 1 matter for his fellow Dear Dem to estimate We can see sec sec sec-no no pos pa sible excuse for his retention in il a public office servin serving the w whole ole m na na tion New tion-New New York Herald I |