Farley, Confident of Victory in Fall, Refuses to Pick Republican Candidate

"Oh, I'm not bothering may head about that--Roosevelt's going to win anyway, so what difference does it make?"

Thus replied genial Jim Farley, generalissimo of the Democratic party, to a question about the Republican nominee for president next November.

In Boston to deliver an address on "The United States of America" at a St. Patrick's Day dinner of the Charitable Irish Society, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee was jovial and easy with reporters in his room at the Copley-Plaza last night. Minus coat, tie and collar, his six-foot bulk draped over the side of an armchair, he parried press questions and waxed very optimistic about Democratic chances next fall.

It's in the Bag

His refusal to comment on the Republican candidate was typical of Mr. Farley's breezy confidence concerning the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States. "Oh, that's all right--don't you worry about that!" he replied to a discreet query about the election this autumn. Not a shadow of doubt about the issue was betrayed in the Farley smile and the suave Farley manner as he joked with "the boys."

When queried about the effect of the Talmadge "secession" the Georgia on New Deal power in the South, the major-demo of the Roosevelt forces declared: "It won't change our scheme at all; if Talmadge wants to enter the race, that's all right with me, but it won't affect our policy a bit."

No Now Parties

There is little probability of a prospective realignment of American political parties into "Liberals" and "Conservatives," Mr. Farley declared. "Not in our lifetime," he said. "Jefferson and Jackson have lasted us a long time now, and they'll do for a while longer."

The way to succed politically is to start at the bottom, in your own Congressional district, and work up, he concluded. "Above all, don't start at the top and work down!" was Big Jim's parting shot.