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...James was present not only on family affairs. Before rushing out to buy a suit of oilskins for his father he made a mental note that the President was eating cereal, toast and orange juice, information that he made use of later that day in writing a syndicated press dispatch...
...hinterland editors seemed less excited than in Manhattan. In St. Louis. Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch, conceding that the Morgan tax deductions were "of a totally different sort" from those of Banker Mitchell, found "grave injustice" in the tax laws. To the Denver Post Morgan and Insull were of a stripe. William Allen White compared Morgan tactics to "a thimblerigging game." Of letting friends in on the ground floor of stock prices, said the Baltimore Sun, "Taking the practice as a whole, it is bad." The reticent Kansas City Star found nothing in the story to warrant deviation from...
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...mind that she can, if necessary, write letters, articles, speeches for him. A feature of the Assistant Secretary's office routine is what he calls "the children's hour between the dark and the daylight'' when his staff assembles at his desk to dispatch departmental business before going home. Dr. Moley lives with Mr. Mullen at the Carlton Hotel, three squares from his office. He drives a sleek new Packard roadster. He takes no exercise, plays no golf, says: "I know of no scientific proof that all work and no play makes Jack a dull...
Through a "reputable professional man," the vigilant St. Louis Post-Dispatch got hold of a letter which indicated that Tax Reviewer Throop had taken bribes to scale down assessments for certain East St. Louis manufacturers. Docile Mr. Throop, while denying the authenticity of the letter, consented at once to accompany a reporter to Springfield, where he resigned his office and confessed all to the Attorney General. Only the case of the local Elks' Club, whose tax assessment was lowered from $5,000 to $200, was made public. Investigation of others was promptly instituted...