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...crowd of notables that swarmed to shake the Rogers hand appeared Henry Lewis Mencken, eating a big black cigar. "Who's going to be Vice President, Will?" asked he. Reporter Rogers favored Charles Curtis. "The Republicans should not show so much race prejudice," ob served Mr. Mencken. "They had an In dian last time. They ought to get a nig ger this year...
...Hoover's office was turned into a pre-convention headquarters. One member of the Cabinet after another trooped through to ask him if he had any last-minute instructions, to shake his hand in farewell before starting for Chicago. Lawrence Richey and Walter Newton, White House secretaries, were packed off to Chicago as Mr. Hoover's personal agents. There they took an obscure room at the Congress Hotel which became the real Hoover headquarters, with a telephone line stretching directly to the President's ear. When the convention started, Candidate Hoover was left alone in Washington, with...
...concluded with a shake of her tousled blonde head: "I am really very busy. The Trust is running slightly behind schedule. And today I am supposed to attend the First All-Union Style Show...
...Ways & Means Committee to give his opinion on the Patman bill to pay off the Soldier Bonus by an inflationary issue of $2.400,000,000 in new currency. He gave the proposition short shrift. Said he: "This issue of fiat money would undermine the credit of the country . . . and shake the soundness of the United States Government itself. It's an invitation to start on the primrose path Germany followed until her mark went down. . . . Look out when you tamper with the soundness of your currency. These Bonus bonds you hear about are just greenbacks. . . . Inflation of a currency...
...disappeared. Boss Cermak, after ordering him back over the telephone, explained : "He says he'll come when he gets damn good & ready. I guess that proves I'm not his boss." Later Nominee Horner returned to be photographed but objected when cameramen ordered: "Take off your coat-shake your fists-hold your hands above your head." Mayor Cermak tried to get him to comply. When he still refused, Boss Cermak again loudly boasted that his nominee was unbossed. At last they photographed little Harry Horner sitting in a corner eating his toast...