People, Aug. 2, 1937

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, departing for six weeks in Hawaii, bade farewell to newshawks as follows: "All I can say is I am leaving my house in good order. My desk is cleared. ... Be as patient as I have been."

Dinner guests at the Chicago home of Hill Blackett, Public Relations Director for the Republican National Committee during the 1936 campaign, were Alfred Mossman Landon and Colonel Frank Knox. Said Mr. Landon, "We hardly had a chance to get acquainted during...

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