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"Coordination" is a word obviously more fitted to catch the eye than the mind, and this is the function assigned the National Committee by the authors of the letter. If a control over the policies of the local chapters is to be rigorously eschewed, coordination will answer such crying needs...
Since the Townsend Plan burgeoned some 18 months ago, editors, columnists, economists and a few brave politicians have devoted thousands upon thousands of words to denouncing it, ridiculing it, exposing its fallacies. Except to advertise it, all this has had no effect whatever on the Plan. Terrifying to Congressmen, the...
Finances. The interest of the House was addressed not to the pensions the aged hope to receive but to the dues they are hopefully paying to Townsend Clubs. Grandiose claims have been made that as many as 8,000,000 persons have joined Townsend Clubs. Members are supposed to pay...
To the Press, Secretary-Treasurer Clements recently gave a more modest explanation of Townsend finances: He and Dr. Townsend get $100 a month and expenses; many members are behind in dues; much money goes for organization, printing, postage, radio time and pay for 600 employes; up to last June $628...
Significance. Within the last year, blind enthusiasm for the Townsend Plan has grown to such proportions among U. S. oldsters that not a single Congressman today escapes the political pressure of this organized minority. A wholesome majority of the House considers Dr. Townsend's $200-per-month pension scheme...