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...wife, George Fort Milton Jr. To his good friend and longtime associate, General Manager Walter C. Johnson, went 18%, to his second wife and her daughters 51%, part of it in trust. Back to Chattanooga went Son George from Chicago (where he had been handling publicity for William Gibbs McAdoo's Presidential campaign) and took charge of the News...
...week he turned up in San Francisco's Hotel Mark Hopkins in a new role: pacifier. Problem Mr. Ickes had come to pacify: California's besieged Governor Culbert Olson wanted to name & head a Term III ticket in the May 7 primary. So did Warhorse William Gibbs McAdoo, now a shipping magnate. A split progressive vote would put sand in the bandwagon's axles, might let John Garner's delegates romp home ahead. A Donald Duck for publicity purposes only, Secretary Ickes now quacked hard sense to a dozen assorted California Democrats in 36 crowded hours...
...Clues of the Cornerstones. While ex-Senator McAdoo in California loudly called for the third term, while pro-New Deal Columnist Raymond Clapper warned that the President would not be "playing fair with the American people in perpetuating the uncertainty regarding . . . his intentions," while candidates Democratic and Republican tried to focus attention on the next President, President Roosevelt scattered new clues to confuse political sleuths...
...Cadaverous William Gibbs McAdoo praised Franklin Roosevelt to the 1940 skies, demanded a third term for him. Mr. McAdoo's eulogy (he is the New Deal beneficiary of a $25,000 job as head of the American President Lines-second highest paid Government post) roused no ripple of surprise in Washington...
Redmond's boat: Turner, Hazard, Hadden, Stillman, McAdoo, Thomas, Hubbard, and Palmer...