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...John Jacob Raskob was a Union Leaguer before he quit his party to head the Democratic National Committee...
John Jacob Raskob's political credo contains the following article...
Last week the replies came in. It was, of course, plainer than ever how split the Democrats are. Bitterly did the Drys deplore Chairman Raskob's activities as "unwise," "untimely," "dictatorial." They contended that 1932 should be fought out solely on economic issues. Equally loudly the Wets acclaimed Chairman Raskob's "courage . . . sanity . . . leadership...
Ohio's William A. Julian: John J. Raskob reminds me of the man who rushes into your home and in the presence of your wife, asks "What were you saying to that pretty stenographer I saw you talking to at noon?" . . . The whole thing is absurd. . . . North and South will never become reconciled on the liquor question...
What these manufacturers and lawyers wanted most was embodied in a proposal to the Democratic party by its chairman. John Jacob Raskob, at last month's Washington meeting (TIME, March 16): "To free business from unnecessary handicaps. I recommend that the Federal Trade Commission be empowered to hold public hearings whenever leaders in industry desire to present reasons why certain combinations are desirable and necessary. If facts developed indicate that a given combination is not inimical to public interest and does not violate the spirit of the Sherman law, then the Federal Trade Commission should be empowered to issue...