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...from a carefully prepared sheet of paper, read Chairman John Jacob Raskob of the Democratic National Committee to a group of astonished newsgatherers. At the disclosure that the Democratic deficit had been almost cut in half in five months, despite the party's crushing defeat, news-trained noses quivered with interest...
...deficit reduction and the Shouse appointment were Chairman Raskob's retort to disgruntleds of the party who seek his resignation. "Just soliciting," he said, had raised some $500,000 (chiefly in the East). Sale of the campaign speeches of Alfred Emanuel Smith in book form at $2 per copy, had brought in more than...
Wilson replied: "I would not save Al Smith or Raskob; in fact I think I would let them all drown...
...Secretaries Mellon and Kellogg, when similarly approached. So too J. Pierpont Morgan, George F. Baker, John J. Raskob, William K. Vanderbilt, William A. Rockefeller?800 personages all told...
Gerardo Machado, President of Cuba, entertained Alfred Emanuel Smith and John Jacob Raskob last week in Havana. Pensively twirling a glass of champagne, Mr. Raskob observed, ''We can't do this in our country." "Legally," added Mr. Smith...