Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-27 | Page 4 | Farley Calls for Democratic Victory at Maine Bourbon Convention

Farley Calls for Democratic Victory At Maine Bourbon Convention BANGOR, Msine, March 27 (INS) Carefully avoiding refer-ernce refer-ernce to his own candidacy for the presidential nomination, James A. Farley, national Democratic chairman, chair-man, Wednesday diplomatically "played the field" In calling on Msine Democrats for a straight party victory in the coming election. elec-tion. "We hsve experienced leaders to offer the country," was the closest Farley came to offering a candidate candi-date to the state convention. In session to name delegates to the national convention, and that was a blanket Indorsement which presumably pre-sumably could cover any candidate from the president down. Not once did Farley mention "new deal" In praising the seven-year seven-year administration of "the Democratic Dem-ocratic party," but twice In his lengthy speech he paid his respects to "the Roosevelt administration." O. O. P. Spilt Stressed At the same time, the speaker remarked that the Republican party has yet to advance a candidate candi-date who could reconcile the two factions of conservatives and liberals lib-erals In the Republican party. The national chairman spoke before be-fore the business of naming dele-fates dele-fates was reached and there were I a "aw , ... . .. '., -XtJ. Indications that an attempt might be made to pledgs Maine's 10 delegates dele-gates to a third term for President Roosevelt However, Farley supporters sup-porters In the convention hoped thst his presence and his fight talk for party victory regardless of candidate, can-didate, might win ever some Roosevelt men. The national chairman said In part: The administration of the federal fed-eral government has been under the control of the Democratic party par-ty for the last seven years. It has been a time of drastic upheaval at home and abroad, a tlms of strife and chaos In which violent forces have been at work to change the form of human destiny. New Deal Lauaded "It Is too early to understand the full meaning of this era In history. However, we do know that under the guidance of the Democratic party, the United States Is emerging in better shape than any of Its sister nations. "The perils and problems faced by this administration have been AVOIDS REFERENCE TO OWN CANDIDACT FOB NOMINATION James A. Farley . . . Speaks to Democrats at Bangor, Me. greater than at any time since the Civil war. From the preceding Republican administration, the Democratic party Inherited a mass of economic wreckage and a shattered shat-tered industrial system. "The record shows that the Democratic Dem-ocratic party has measured up to the heavy responsibilities which were assumed a little more than seven years ago. Under the most trying circumstances, the party has revived the nation's economic life and kept alive the vision of universal uni-versal peace in a war-torn world. "It to also to the credit of the Democratic party that it has carried car-ried out the great task of reconstruction recon-struction without scandalizing the country by corruption and wholesale whole-sale wrong-doing there has been no Teapot dome and no Elk hills."