“GRAFT” ALLEGED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 109, 18 February 1935, Page 5

“GRAFT” ALLEGED.

POST OFFICE CONTRACT. AMERICAN POSTMASTER CHARGED. (United Press Association— Copyright) WASHINGTON, Feb 15. The first political scandal directly involving one of President Roosevelt s administrative assistants is threatened, the preponderantly Democratic Senate having reluctantly voted to investigate the alleged connection of the i ost-master-General (Mr James A. Farley) with contracts for the 6,200,0,./0-uollai post office in New York. The charge was made by Senator Huey Long, who for lour consecutive days" harangued the Senate demanding that Mr Farley be ousted from the 'Cabinet and removed from the leadership of the Democratic Party. The substance of the charge is that the firm that secured the post office contract was under the control of Mi Farley’s brother-in-law, that Mr Farley himself held a financial interest, and that the contract was awarded to the firm over several lower bidders. The Senate resolution specifically directed the Public Works Administiation to supply all records of the matter. Friends of Mr Farley said that he was curtailing his Florida vacation and was returning to Washington immediately to answer the charges.