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...Ridiculous," snorted Governor Rolph at charges of his culpability in the Missouri affray. "The cases are not at all parallel." But no sooner had he riposted that assault than he found himself attacked from another quarter. Twenty-five Californians including Herbert Hoover of Palo Alto, signed a statement declaring Governor Rolph's attitude a "humiliation and shame" to the State...
...single shot was fired," hotly replied Mr. Hoover, breaking silence for the first time on last year's Battle of Anacostia Flats, "not a single person was injured by the troops called out in Washington in response to the appeal of local authorities. The troops ended the bloodshed which was then in progress through conflicts between rioters and police. The issue here is plain and not to be obscured by such misstatements...
...alarmed about all this."* Next Mr. Fox talked to Claudius Hart Huston, then Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Huston said he would look into the matter, but while he was looking Mr. Fox became impatient. So he took his troubles to none other than Herbert Hoover, lunching at the White House with the President...
Said Mr. Fox: "I told him . . . that I had made this commitment of all these millions of dollars and that I was in a terrible place and wouldn't he please adjust the matter for me." Whereupon Mr. Hoover referred Mr. Fox back to the Attorney General...
Today, Mr. Fox, Mr. Wiggin and Mr. Hoover have the common bond of being ex-presidents and Mr. Dodge is an ex-vice president. Harley Clarke's General Theatres Equipment company is in a receivership and so is Fox Theatres. Loew's, Inc. (and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), again independent, remain solvent and prosperous, having made a profit of $4,034,000 for the year ending Aug. 31, 1933. But the disputed 660,000 shares of Loew's. Inc. (the majority holdings bought by Mr. Fox) have been segregated by the U. S. Government. They may be sold...