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Thus did the father of the Townsend Plan, having lost his No. 1 organizer when young Co-Founder & National Secretary Robert Earl Clements resigned last fortnight, also lose his No. 1 Congressional spokesman. But it remained to be seen whether these two apostasies meant, as newshawks reported, that the Townsend...
The Townsend Plan, testified Co-Founder Clements before the special House committee investigating it last week, now belongs exclusively to Dr. Townsend and his brother Walter. By the California law under which Old Age Revolving Pensions was incorporated, they may at any time dissolve the organization, pocket its assets. Brother...
Commented Dr. Townsend in Los Angeles: "Mr. Clements' statement meets with my hearty approval."
Agog at this sensational split in the Townsend high command, Washington newshawks began to spout "real reasons" for the break. It was variously reported that Co-Founder Clements had quit because: 1) Dr. Townsend had upset his political plans by endorsing Senator Borah for President; 2) Dr. Townsend had seized...
The story which Mr. Clements told his friends was reported by Scripps-Howard's Washington Columnist Raymond Clapper as follows: "Although young Clements had occasionally to 'correct' some of the ill-advised political statements of Dr. Townsend, they went along fairly well until last November, when TIME...