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...good, grey Dr. Francis Everett Townsend but shrewd, dynamic Co-Founder and National Secretary Robert Earl Clements is the man who has marshaled the Townsend hordes into a potent and profitable political army. In Washington last week, day after he was summoned to appear before the House investigating committee set up to destroy the Townsend threat (TIME, March 2), this 41-year-old onetime Long Beach, Calif, real estate broker announced his resignation from Old Age Revolving Pensions. His stated reason: "Differences with Dr. Townsend over fundamental policies...
Commented Dr. Townsend in Los Angeles: "Mr. Clements' statement meets with my hearty approval...
Agog at this sensational split in the Townsend high command, Washington newshawks began to spout "real reasons" for the break. It was variously reported that Co-Founder Clements had quit because: 1) Dr. Townsend had upset his political plans by endorsing Senator Borah for President; 2) Dr. Townsend had seized control of the organization by packing its board of directors; 3) Dr. Townsend's attorney, Sheridan Downey, EPIC candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1934, had weaned the gentle oldster away from his partner in order to further his own ambitions for California's governorship...
...story which Mr. Clements told his friends was reported by Scripps-Howard's Washington Columnist Raymond Clapper as follows: "Although young Clements had occasionally to 'correct' some of the ill-advised political statements of Dr. Townsend, they went along fairly well until last November, when TIME magazine printed an article picturing Mr. Clements as the real brains of the Townsend movement and Dr. Townsend as his 'stooge' [TIME, Nov. 4], This publication, according to the story current here, infuriated Dr. Townsend. From then on he and Mr. Clements were at swords' points...
...third delegation entered the Democratic primary when a group of Townsendites chose Representative John Steven McGroarty, poet laureate of California, to carry the banner of $200-per-month for oldsters. Some distant observers assumed that the McGroartys had Dr. Townsend's support. Instead, Dr. Townsend and several of his leading followers declared that, as a matter of policy, they would not support Representative McGroarty or any candidate for President on the Democratic ticket. This week Representative McGroarty publicly broke with Dr. Townsend...