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Rested and notified, Nominee Hoover once more became the busy Beaver Man. He concluded his conferences with managers at Palo Alto and set out, via the Southwest, to explain further to the Midwest what he means to do about "the most important obligation of the next Administration"-farm relief...
Quotas. The managerial conferences ended with the impression that the Beaver Man is, more than ever, his own manager-in-chief. The Hooverlike scheme of vote quotas for each State to "shoot at" superseded Dr. Hubert Work's idea of specialized drives among women or in the South. Returning to Colorado, his own home State, Chairman Work proceeded to lecture the local G. O. P. Unless it ceased its internal quarreling he predicted "a greatly reduced majority, if any." He said: "You in Colorado have become careless of your party...
...aright, will enable you to add further to the beauty of this city and the comfort of its people." ¶ The welcoming ceremony, delayed a week because of Mrs. Hoover's father's death (TIME, July 30), was by no means the most exacting part of the Beaver Man's week. Rising early on San Juan Hill and staying up late, he worked and reworked, in longhand, his speech accepting the nomination. He conferred constantly with visiting politicos and friends -Senator Johnson of California and his manager, Charles L. Neumiller; Attorney-General Ottinger of New York...
Hoover headquarters lacked specific knowledge of what outstanding German-American individuals or families-such as the Busches, Pabsts, Ehrets, Vogels-favored the Beaver Man. There were several reasons to suppose that 95% was an extravagant figure to quote in this question. President Hans A. Koenig of the Milwaukee Steuben Society said: "Nothing could be more ridiculous than such statements. The sentiment of the German-Americans of Wisconsin is overwhelmingly for Governor Smith...
Thinly disguised under the synonym Ottercove, Lord Newspaper-Magnate Beaverbrook appears in Gerhardi's new book, avowedly "pure and unmixed, except for the obvious extravaganza." But Beaver-brook's life has been so rich in extravaganza that the fictitious is not always obvious. Ottercove rides in a Winged Chariot, a comfortable limousine that darts down London streets or rises quietly into the air far above traffic and turmoil. He promises Protegé Dickon (Gerhardi himself in disguise) his greatest evening paper as wedding present, but reneges. He begets a son of Eva, whom he marries...