Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-15
News Behind the News
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sestezasa. : comparable 10 the rather eng
ustic remark Of Calvin Coolidge: / 90 ao'
choose 20 run
-7,s-s sem, 70 De no sound basis for sup
,osirr az this time that F.D.R. has any tnousnt
of seeking third term. Suspicion appears pp19 W
rest chiefly on the tradition that no preSlaene
has ever been happy at leaving TIE "''i'e
House even after two terms
Presidential intimates scoff at the thought.
Some already are busy speculating as to Roose-
velt,S 1910 successor if not actually laylhg uLoo
str,1siye groundwork for certain canoloates nc
say there ISN'T any more reason iol suppop,1,9 t
Roosevelt harbors third-term amoltlohS thdii
tbore is for paving serious attention to Sugges-
tions Mrs Roosevelt might succeed MN. Mis
poocavet herself branded that last loea as
sidiotic The mere fact any such phahlaSy
reached such point that it was raised al one
~ bar nress conferences amply demonsuaGea
that people do get some funny political IDEAS III
to their heads. ,os+ to,,,s
Speaking of what must seem 10 most ioiAo
like souirrel-cage economics:
Men are digging franticaly down into ti,e
Ground for gold. Last year the total eoio pfou-
nction was 4329273 ounces, an increase Vi II
per cent over 1885. t .,is
The Treasury paid s35 an ounce lof tlli' di
cold But then all it did was TO oury the ye.o y.o
low metal in the ground agan-some 81 Vi ~
foo, down in its vaults at Fort Knox, KY
roo Davies was about the only conspicuous
,emocratic lobbyist who didn't serve on the
,,,ittee sponsoring the s100-a- plate victory
Dinner Joe Tlmulty, woodrow wilson wal i, ei,!ie
sonratarv who has made considerable Weaitn
1awyering and lobbying here, was chanIlall ie alo
.aas+mas1er He sat right next to Roosevelt
power companies. lobbying against RoGseESisS d.,s
No. holding company bill, hired Iumuty anu
,,a,d him s33 900 in a single year. Others among
tbe 30 hosts on the Victory committee Hlcluueu a.
Arthur Mullen of Nebraska, j. Bruce h.e.'Si
If Montana and O. Max Gardner OF Noitii "a Oat
oiina All three worked for utihty coihp"i1 AZ
onnosing the holding company measure. 1i
u.ere members of the Democratic ndtiohdi 0oiii
r,ittee before Roosevelt decided sucn posIS W.
noor,natibe with their activities. otner loopy1
ists on the dinner committee lnciuoeo o.p1 DoiatI
picbberg former Assistant Attorney 6eI.eiai li
William Stanley Swager Sherley ana 6ii'e
c1apeett son-in-law of Senator Mchooo'