The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

eminent gressqre). Armour and Company Stone and Webster,
insurance and in presidential family behavior.
said ' Ma ait the Sor Prss,de en- t thought aug5t+ Of f. this, Of course, he has never
.: 4: upon this by making his son a White House secretary and a
incPessed d Marines after "A''n the earnings Of Roosevelt and Sargent
Elliott Roosevelt got $4,000 a year as president and general
infd S1si9 o. the w hearst as ce ena1n OF r az 2 stations; Elliotts first foray
Commerce. It was at a time when the industry was having a good
ssf! Ct d ;ssss: T Tt .s ssS ?Sst s sf5;f e ss1:s st 81 x 4 s' t g:' d gsasias
was interested in, and in the course Of the debate Elliott was denounced
ar army ~, air e chief, made made a e' SIMILAR charger re- Elliott M;4s@ denied aetin it. He tef sid
t Tarioa hs a ~s smp eompaa by the ae e Ghaa asem to en f }Ssir fset and IL e9 xss innate
young and inexperienced for such an imposing service. One congress-
However, later William Randolph Hearst wanted to have eI four RADIO rSG
station franchises transferred to him in Texas at a time when he was
f fa se9 tb con tpansfets: aP E} i Sa by the t5 President ioSnand He x f%p prSsf E scs
he was later made general manager of the whole Hearst chain at
s250oo a year.
But of course the largest Garner is Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who
a year as President. One year he made $4,000 on the side for a serial
pybi i later tn n sgd 5ea fr f it wa' d SFl~n a f geft His his tt 19ok with that tbs %ss
fore, yield him at least $6a8,ooo. But Mrs Roosevelt has earned
the end Of this year.
"she writes a newspaper column, writes for magazines, has
written books, lectures and broadcass and has now gone into the
"she has written ffty-one magazine articles and three books
and has contracted for three more. Her magazine artichs-which sell
raF ne eo d1nna a f GefoS sai,ceo 0 a ysarn nna re0 this S year. Her ne iec as%s,
are very profitable-she charges 81 500 a lecture, but speaks for less
IN some places. lnese Drlng IN ABOUT 9|oOOU a year. Wnat n mas
made on her books is unknown. Her broadcasts bring from $4,000 to
$4,000 apiece. She has had about $50 broadcasts. She has broadcast
for Beauty Rest Mattresses, a shoe manufacturer, a toilet prepara-
ton and others and is now appearing for Sweetheart Soap. The fees
from these broadcasts have aggregated about $450000. Her total
earnings are something near %$1,200,000. The earnings from the radio
talks she gives to charity. Of course, like most people who earn large
sums, she can do what she likes with it.
"Her daughter, Mrs. John Boethger formerly Mrs. DahD, has
worked as a member of the staff of Liberty magazine for Bernarr
Macfadden, has written articles and is now writing for a Hearst
paper Of which her husband, John Boettiger, is publisher job he
got after he married Mrs. Dah-where she is reported to be paid
$4,000 a year. She attempted to do some broadcasting. An agent
representing her sent around the following notice:
"Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dahl, daughter of the President-eect, has
a charming voice and most engaging personality. She is willing to
appear on any commercial program sponsoring a product consistent
with her public position.
"The total earnings of the whole family during the eight years
will amount to something over $%2500,000. This is certainly an ex-
ceent showing for a period of pronounced depression"