Big Jim Goes

Jim Farley dotted the last i and crossed the final t of his bill of divorcement from Franklin Roosevelt: he quit as chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, a post he had held for 14 years. To newsmen summoned to his office, he handed a typewritten statement summing up his love of politics, his belief in party regularity, and his undisguised unwillingness to support Term IV. Said he:

"During all the years I have served as chairman I had tried, in so far as possible, to give all the time and attention necessary to ... aid in the election of Demo-cratic nominees. In the state and national campaigns during all those years, I devoted all my time from early morning to late at night on behalf of the party's nominees. ... It is not easy for me to break away. . . ."

A newsman asked: would he continue to be interested in politics? Replied Jim Farley: "It would be only natural. . . ."

Any further plans Jim Farley refused to discuss. Then he packed his briefcase and, in a new straw hat, posed for pictures leaving the office for the last time (see cut). Next day he was off on a three-week business trip to Mexico as board chairman of Coca-Cola Export Corp.

For the first time in almost 35 years, the man who twice helped put Franklin Roosevelt in the White House was out of a political job.

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