sentences:  He persuaded de Valera of the benefits of supporting him and the Philadelphia branch against the New York branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom organisation led by John Devoy and Judge Daniel F. Cohalan.He became president of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic.He christened his newborn son Eamon De Valera McGarrity, although their relationship became strained upon De Valera's entry back into Dáil Eireann in the Irish Free State.