Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-11
FORMER TROJAN
STAR READY TO
ENTER POLITICS
Marshall Duffie!d Seeks
Mayors Job And Talks
OF Third Party.
By GEORGE III. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent

SANTA MONICA, Cal, July H.
U.p)-This country needs honest,
educated politicians, in the opinion
of young Marshall Duffield great
quarterback OF the University of
Southern California, and he hopes
to be able to help fill this need.
Not yet Of voting age, Duffield
already has offered himself as a
candidate for mayor of Santa Mont
ca. If he is successful in winning
the post, he intends to try to estab-
lish third national party. After
that, well, he'll write his own ticket.
If people really don't want honest,
educated politicians, young Duff
field said, in such a case he'll Just
wash his hands of the whole affair
and leave it for someone else to
solve the nations problems.
Il know I'm biting off a big
chew the blue-eyed blond football
star said today. IT'S a tremendous
ly ambitious program. People are
going to say that I have a lot of
crust even to suggest such a pro-
gram. I'm going to have a try at
it, anyway
This mayor business is just a
starter so far as I'm concerned
1 want to organize third national
party. I want it to be young, pro-
gressive and liberal.
Duffield's third party would call
for educated, trained, honest men i'll
politics. It would demand the abo-
lition of war 'or at least an equa-
ton in which big business would be
forced to suffer along with the
young men of the country in event
of a war" 1t would substitute
something for prohibition although
not the saloon.
Whether Duffield will be mayor
of Santa Monica will be decided in
the elections November 4, just a
year from the time he was worrying
California and Stanford lines with
dazzling off-tackle runs. He will
not be 81 years old until Septem-
ber 5.
Really Serious
He is tremendously serious about
his political career anG his program
but he has a sense of humor and
his statements lack any element Of
braggadocio.
I've always wanted to go in for
politics, he said, "and studied
political science at school. I've
heard people moaning always foc
honest men in office and yet many
people now tell me 1 shouldn't run.
II haven't any idea how I'll make
out, but one thing is certain, ana
that is that 1 won't go into office
with lot of strings attached to
me. 1 don't want any political job
if there has TO be skullduggery with
it. And if the people don't want
me that way then I'm not going to
worry. I'll go to Stanford Univer-
sity, get masters degree and set
tie down to teaching"
Duffield was born in Salt Lake
City, but he has lived here for the
past II years. His scholastic rec
ord was excellent at Southern Cali
fornia; SO good, in fact, that he was
one of six persons who tried out
for the four Rhodes scholarships
offered for the California Nevada
Arizona section last winter. U. S.
c, gave him a diamond trophy on
graduation, distinguishing him as
the man in his class who did most
for the school.
Duffield starred for three years
as quarterback of the U. s. c. foot
ball team. Last year he was men,
toned on the second or third teams
of nearly all All-American selec-
tions.
So far no candidates have en-
tered the mayoralty field against
the popular Duffield.