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...Stannard Baker ("David Grayson"), author and publicist, biographer of Woodrow Wilson. Reason: "Candid, progressive, humane." Nonpartisan, a friend of both Nominees, Mr. Baker kept both their pictures on his study wall until he made up his mind. Last week he removed the Hoover picture...
Senator Curtis then made 14 solemn promises, of which the following phrase was typical: "To enforce the laws without fear or favor." He discussed Farm Relief for twelve paragraphs, suggesting that a small, nonpartisan, joint committee of Congress be appointed to work out a plan. To Law Enforcement he gave five very Dry paragraphs: "The Constitution of the United States is the Keystone of our national strength, our pride in the hour of prosperity, our consolation and rallying point under every pressure of adversity . . . etc., etc." "I believe in meeting an issue squarely," he said. Next came Women, then...
...Straight" Reporters. Humblest, because their names seldom appear; most serviceable, because they are instructed to be nonpartisan, to avoid prediction or speculation, to report no anonymous opinions, to report happenings factually and completely; most influential, because their reports reach by far the greatest number of people-are what might be called the Straight Reporters, the correspondents of the big news services. This year the Associated Press keeps two men and a woman, the United Press one man, near each Nominee continually. Writing their cautious, colorless reports, these writers are either unsung heroes or stenographic automata...
Mayor Walker, touring the West in the interests of the Brown Derby, visited Hollywood last week. Abruptly, unexpectedly, he took the Messrs. Schenck and Mayer, though not by name, as the text for a sermon to the cinema industry. He warned it to be nonpartisan. He reminded it that public officials such as himself had power over Sunday theatre laws, for example. He said he hoped that cinemen "are not so enslaved that they can be handed over" by two or three leaders in the industry. He warned that should the industry "dabble in politics" and choose the losing side...
...Besides the four names above, 126 other women help make laws in the U. S., as members of state legislatures. One is a Negress, Mrs. E. Howard Harper of West Virginia. The party affiliations of the 126 are as follows: Republicans, 86; Democrats, 34 nonpartisan, 5; independent...