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...thanks to Big Labor. Many labor unions, mostly C.I.O., picketed him. A thousand pickets greeted him in San Francisco. In Los Angeles more than 500 unionists jammed the block in front of the Elks Temple. Some bore signs with crude legends like: "Taft is a stinker, Taft is a schnook, Taft stole a leaf out of Hitler's story book." Some, who were promptly arrested (under a city ordinance) for masquerading, wore Taft-like masks and carried signs which read: "I look like Taft but I don't want to crucify labor...
...Billy Rose also devoted one of his syndicated columns last week to the dullness of financial ads, gave a Rosey example of how they might be done: "AMALGAMATED GOULASH-The Stock That Has Everything! Coming Soon to the Bijou (formerly E. F. Hutton, Inc.) Romance! Mystery! Dividends! Starring Mortimer Schnook, Our Vice President Who Thrilled You in 'Passion on the Curb.' Meaner Than Mason. Creepier Than Karloff. Doors Open 10:00 a.m. $13 a share...
...Consuela Schnook '50 was heard to say, "In this weather a girl would have to be a mudder...