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...Boston, the Post, traditionally Democratic, backed Eisenhower. ¶The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph-25% owned by Adlai Stevenson, and usually Republican-decided to sit this election out, because "we cannot possibly be objective...
Governor Stevenson did not disclose how much of his income came from the 25% interest he inherited in the Bloomington (Ill.) Daily Pantagraph...
...years. Reporters dug through them, found no startling news. Adlai Stevenson is (just barely) a millionaire. In 1951, his returns from investments totaled $46,040.94. Although the returns did not disclose the fact, Stevenson's biggest source of income is his 25% interest, which he inherited, in the Bloomington (Ill.) Daily Pantagraph. His ten-year income: $500,046. His ten-year federal income...
Meanwhile, Stevenson continued to prove himself a charming campaigner. During his four-hour train ride back from Chicago, he stopped at station after station, talked to crowds in a broiling sun. At Bloomington, his home town, he introduced his old Negro nurse, said: "If there's anything wrong with me, blame her." Later he said: "I ask your prayers...
Career: For 18 months, between Harvard and Northwestern, worked as a reporter and editor on the Bloomington Pantagraph, owned by his mother's family. After graduation from Northwestern, entered law practice in Chicago. In 1933 he went to Washington as special counsel to the administrator of the new Agricultural Adjustment Act. Returned to law practice in Chicago in 1935, went back to Washington in 1941 to be special assistant to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, a Republican. Later served as a special assistant to two Secretaries of State, Edward Stettinius and James Byrnes. Handled press relations...