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George F. Baker and William Ziegler Jr., are Founder Members. Associates include such men as J. Pierpont Morgan '89, Vincent Astor, Cornelius N. Bliss '97, Cyrus H. K. Curtis, George Eastman, Francis Lee Higginson '00, Otto H. Kahn, Andrew W. Mellon Hon. '26, John J. Raskob, Jesse Isidor Straus '93, and Owen D. Young Hon. '24. The entire membership now number about 200; the remaining 50 of the complete enrolment will be filled from time to time in the future
John Jacob Raskob...
Founded with eleven members in New Haven in 1882, K. of C. calls itself a "fraternal benefit society." Any good Catholic may join. Most famed members: Alfred Emanuel Smith, John Jacob Raskob, Senators Thomas James Walsh of Montana and David Ignatius Walsh of Massachusetts, Manhattan Contractor William F. Kenny, great & good friend of "Al" Smith. Insurance at low rates is available to every Knight. The order has an elaborate system of initiations, demands a certain secrecy "unless the interests of State or Church demand" otherwise. Because of this, many ignorant people hate and fear...
Republicans and Democrats fell to haggling again last week over national political finances. In reporting their current position, the Democrats revealed that they were still $707,054 in the red, of which $295,250 came from Chairman John Jacob Raskob. During the last three months Mr. Raskob has increased his party's debt to him by $40,000. These figures caused the Republican National Committee to remark through the convenient mouth of West Virginia's Senator Hatfield: "Mr. Raskob is steadily increasing the size of the mortgage which he holds on the once proud party of Jefferson...
Though the Roosevelt lead over other candidates was certainly commanding, the nominating convention was still a year away and much could happen in that time. Alfred Emanuel Smith had yet to speak his mind on candidates. John Jacob Raskob's purposes were still obscure. A New York legislative committee had twelve months to investigate Tammany Hall and embarrass its candidate. None of the "favorite sons"-Ohio's Baker and Cox, Maryland's Ritchie, Arkansas' Robinson, Virginia's Byrd, Illinois' Lewis, Tennessee's Hull-had so much as hinted that Governor Roosevelt...