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...Portland, Secretary of War Patrick Jay Hurley, regarded as a personal representative of the President, was booed as he walked to the convention platform. He was seated as an Oklahoma delegate, thus being apparently obliged to join in voting for immediate payment of the cash Bonus. (The Oklahoma delegation was also pledged to vote for repeal of the 18th Amendment.) After a safe & sound speech on armament, Secretary Hurley was let off the platform with more cheers than boos...
...summoned by his Managing Editor William Emmet Moore who inquired pleasantly if Pearson were going to write any more books, said the Sun would be pleased if every staff member produced a best seller. A day or two later Pearson was summoned to the War Department. He found Secretary Hurley, white-faced, "in a towering rage," pacing up and down his office. Said the Secretary: "This is a terrible thing you have done, Drew. You are trying to ruin my career. . . . Damnable lies. . . . You wrote that I posture before a mirror. Look around my office. There isn't a mirror...
Secretary Hurley's story: The Secretary did not ask for Pearson's dismissal. He never "shot" anyone, except perhaps in the War, and he never knew any John McGinnis...
...President Hoover has no relish for a fight in which he is doomed to defeat. Last week he was lying low, having abandoned all efforts to try to stop the Legion's stampede for the Bonus. He has a last line of defense?the veto. Secretary of War Hurley had announced he would go to the Portland convention, make a speech if they would let him. Last week the White House disavowed him as its spokesman...
Last week it was suddenly arranged for Governor General Roosevelt to remain at Manila throughout the campaign. Secre tary of War Hurley cabled him: "The President has reached the conclusion that you should not leave your duties for the purpose of participating in the campaign. . . . He believes it to be your duty to remain at your post...