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...gossiped about the selling exploits of James Roosevelt: how, after his father's nomination in 1932, the fortunes of his lanky eldest flowered like the lilies in paradise. This week a number of those anecdotes are told publicly in a story, "Jimmy's Got It" by Alva Johnston appearing in the anti-Roosevelt Saturday Evening Post...
...Author Johnston says insurance men estimate Son James's income from his Boston insurance firm (Roosevelt & Sargent Inc.) between $250,000 and $2,000,000 per year, says he built it to that by "twisting" accounts away from other agents by political leverage. Items...
...Author Johnston does not charge that any political quid pro quo was promised to Jimmy's clients. But "some corporations which have given Jimmy insurance have been lucky; some corporations which have denied him insurance have been unlucky...
...which fundamentalist followers of the late Dr. J. Gresham Machen were read out of the Presbyterian Church. As a sudden, random gesture of conciliation toward the Machenites, the nominating committee last week picked a dark horse. The gesture was so random that the dark horse. Rev. Paul Coverly Johnston of Rochester, N. Y., had gone home unaware he was nominated. He telegraphed his withdrawal, whereupon Dr. Pugh won hands down...
...Last week South Carolina's Governor Olin Johnston announced, on the steps of the White House, his intention to enter his State's Senatorial primary next August against old, unreconstructed Senator Ellison D. ("Cotton Ed") Smith. Trumpeted Governor Johnston: "During my administration as Governor of South Carolina I have backed the reforms and policies of President Roosevelt 100%. In South Carolina . . . the policies of the New Deal . . . have lost none of their popularity. My campaign for the Senate will be based on a record of constant, unshakable loyalty to the Democratic platform and the head of our party...