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...behind President Roosevelt's big desk, a small, stooped man with bright, hooded eyes in a seamed face. Behind the hornrimmed glasses he looked bored and glum. He seldom said a word. He didn't have to. As the Democrats' ghostwriter and hatchet man, Charley Michelson got the party's biggest guns...
...celebrate the overwhelming 1936 victory, which Farley had predicted, the Democratic National Committee staged a testimonial dinner for him. Publicity Chief Charles Michelson wanted to reproduce on the dinner program a letter from Roosevelt thanking Farley for his services. Wrote Farley: "I told him [Michelson] I hadn't received such a letter since 1930. Charley growled that, knowing Roosevelt, he wasn't surprised to hear it, but he decided to demand a predated letter of gratitude. This turned up a few days later, and Charley brought it in with a wry smile. It read...
...since the days of shrewd publicity chief Charlie Michelson have the Democratic party bosses pulled anything really neat out of the political hat. But last week they showed signs of perking...
...came that dreadful day when the ether was done to death. Two U.S. physicists, Albert A. Michelson and E. W. Morley, measured the speed of light simultaneously in two directions at right angles to one another. The speeds were expected to differ slightly because of "ether drift" past the earth. They turned out to be exactly the same, proving conclusively that ether did not exist...
...Philosophy) Gallup found Michelson's opinions "based upon a complete misconception of aim and method." Said the pollster: "The people may not be fully informed on all the complexities of any given issue. But that does not stop them from having opinions. . . . Mr. Michelson ignores a point which undoubtedly he knows well, which is that opinions are subject to change and so are political tides...