THE CABINET: A Champion Sails

Andrew W. Mellon as Secretary of the United States might be said to be the richest man in the country. It is also said (and probably truly) that in respect to his own private purse he is the third richest man in the United States. He is a power in the oil business, the steel car business and the aluminum business. Yet, as E. G. Lowry (Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger) once said: "He looks like a tired double-entry bookkeeper who is afraid of losing his job."

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