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NOMINATES HAROLD KENNEDY WASHINGTON D C July 26 President Roosevelt today nominated Harold Maurice Kennedy Brooklyn lawyer to be U S Attor ¬ ney for Eastern District of New York The appointment represents a clearcut patron ¬ age victory for PostmasterGeneral James A Farley over Brain Truster Thomas G Cor ¬ coran While Farley endorsed Kennedy for the post Corcoran fought to get it for his friend David Schenker New York attorney now serving with the Investment Trust Divi ¬ sion of the Securities and Exchange Com ¬ mission The Eastern District includes the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City The attorneyship is one of the administrations juiciest political plums
