Word: moley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...delightful association which I am glad to renew." Correspondents did not miss the genuine cordiality between these two grey-heads. In Robert Walton Moore, 74-year-old Virginia bachelor. President Roosevelt had given Secretary Hull, aged 62, an old-time Democratic friend to replace intelli gent but insubordinate Raymond Moley. Assistant Secretary Moore would not clash on policy with Secretary Hull, would not run to 'the President with tales of his superior's incapability, would not divide the Department of State into hostile fac tions. "Judge" Moore, whose honorary title is due to his looks...
They had Arthur Brisbane's consent and blessings to use the title "Today." (They had considered "Looking Forward" and "These Times." Wags had suggested "Asterisks" and "Moley, Just Moley.") The magazine would be 24 pages, printed on newsprint, without a cover. Price: 5? the copy. First print order: 100,000 copies or more. Advertising ("You bet your life we want it!") would not be declined but it was planned to break even on circulation income, with American News Co. and the national Democratic machine as salesmen...
...Moley: "In no sense will it be an Administration organ or a party organ. . . . It would be better to say we are all Roosevelt-for-President...
...Moley: "We want this to be a very popular journal written in plain, square-toed English for the man in the street and the man on the farm. We are not forgetting the man on the farm...
...Moley: "Well, I won't answer that now. I think...