New Britain herald., 1930-08-21
Hoover Omitted, as are All Other Office Holders Ex- cept Mellon - Former Ambassador IN a m e S, Morgan, Ford, Schwab. and Others.

oplnlon of James w. Gerard. for merly ambassador to Germany, 59 men rule the United States / MT. Gerard compiled list of these men for today's New York Times. which asked him to amplify a sentence in a pamphlet he wrote indorsing the crusade of Niscount Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook for British empire free trade and high protection. In that pamphlet he wrote:
 Give the 40 men who rule the United States 10 years for the devel- opment of this industrial empire (the British empire) and TO coun- try on earth could approach it in per capita wealth"
 Explaining why he, as an Ameri- can., should write on the subject, MT. Gerard wrote: T offer as my ex- cuse the interest that America. in common with all the world, has in the preservation of British prosper ity."
 Hoover Omitted
 The list includes leaders in Amer ican finance. industry, the amuse- ment field and Journalism but omits President Hoover and all others holding state and national offices, save Secretary Mellon. MT. Gerard explains the actual "power behind the throne" is wield- ed by men whose wealth and impor- tant industrial positions in the na- tion give them a permanent in fluence in American life. Statesmen he said, are usually shorn of most of their power when they retire.
 The list in the order given by MT. Gerard follows:
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
 Andrew W. Mellon.
 J. P. Morgan.
 George F. Baker, banker.
 John D. Ryan, copper magnate.
 Walter C. Teagle, president of the Standard Oil company of New Jer- sey.
 Henry Ford.
 Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser, lum- Der magnate.
 Myron C. Taylor, chairman finance committee United States Steel cor poration.
 James A. Farrell, president Unit ed States Steel corporation
 Charles NJ. Schwab,' chairman Bethlehem Steel corporation.
 Eugene C. Grace, president Bethle- hem Steel corporation.
 H. NJ. Warner and Adolph Zukor, motion picture nlagnates.
 William H. Crocker, banker.
 o. P. and NJ. J. Van Sweringen, railroad magnates. w w. Atterbury, president Penn sylvania railroad. Arthur Curtiss James, large hold CT Of railroad securities. Charles Hayden. financier. Daniel C. Jackling, president Utah Copper company. Arthur " Davis. president Alumi- mum company of America.
 P. C. Gossler. president Columbi1 Gas and Electric corporation. R. C. Holmes, president Texas corporation, oil producer. s
 John J. Raskob.
 The Du Pont family (seven mem bers).
 Edward J. Berwind. financier.
 Daniel Willard, president Balt!- more and Ohio railroad.
 Sosthenes Behn, chairman Inter national Telephone and Telegraph corporation.
 Walter g. Clifford, chairman American Telephone and Telegraph company.
 Owen D. Young, chairman Gener- al Electric company.
 Gerard Swope, president General Electric company. Thomas W. Lamont Of J. P. Nor gan and company.
 Albert H. Wiggin. banker.
 Charles E. Mitchell, banker.
 Samuel Insull, electric power magnate.
 The seven Fisher brothers, motor p magnates.
 Daniel Guggenheim and William Loeb, mining magnates.
 G. w. Hill, president American Tobacco company.
 Adolph S. Ochs, publisher
 William Randolph Hearst, pub isher.
 Robert R. Mccormick and Joseph Medill Patterson, publishers.
 Julius Rosenwald, merchant.
 Cyrus H. K. Curtis. publisher.
 Roy w. Howard, publisher.
 Bankers Most Influential
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