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...sample of sententious Presidential philosophy: "It takes a long, long time to bring the past up to the present." Second came the case of California for which Franklin Roosevelt was not prepared. At the news that Senator "Dear Mac" McAdoo had been swamped by the old-age pensioneer, Sheridan Downey (see p. 26), the President masked neither his surprise nor chagrin, but he made a quick recovery, cheerfully accepted Nominee Downey as a true liberal, let National Chairman Jim Farley promise him election support...
...caused by the fact that during the campaign Mr. McAdoo was called too conservative, too old (74), a former Klansman (untrue). The reason that Oldster McAdoo failed of renomination was-so far as hard-headed politicians could tell - principally one plank in his opponent's platform. Opponent Sheridan Downey, erstwhile No. 2 man in Upton Sinclair's EPIC movement, onetime attorney of Dr. Francis E. ("Plan") Townsend, won the Democratic nomination to the Senate because he made a golden promise...
...Close to 800,000 signatures were obtained for petitions to put it on the November ballot and last week, day after Californians went to the primary polls, the State Supreme Court announced there was nothing wrong with the form of the petitions, on the ballot it must go. Candidate Downey, who had plumped for the scrip plan and adopted its slogans ("Life Begins at 50," "Ham & Eggs"), rolled up 486,000 votes to Mr. McAdoo...
Handicapped by the loss of Cleveland, Downey, Lewis and Livingston, who were unable to make the trip, the Crimson made a fairly good showing against what is considered the best lacrosse team in New England. Halstead, first attack for the Cantabrigians, was injured during the game...
Stahley has concentrated most of his power in the midfield positions, which require a great deal of running and contact work. He has worked out three combinations which he can substitute at will. Captain Tommy Campion, Pithy Willard, and Frank Downey are the starting trio here. Campion, a rugged and aggressive player, was injured in the Navy game and will not play again until Wednesday. Downey set up several goals with his accurate passing. As yet Willard, who is a Sophomore, has had difficulty in accommodating himself to the Varsity style of play. The second trio consists of Torrey Baker...