National Affairs: New Machine

When the thing was settled, there was a moment of political silence. Hoover was forgotten for a minute while politicians considered the men around him, the new faces, the new commanders. First of all they saw a bland, pink-and-gray Iowa lawyer who was saying very little and looking very cheerful. He was James W. Good, who has managed the Hoover campaign, who may well become the new chairman of the Republican National Committee and who, if he does, is well assured of a good cabinet post if he wants it. Newsmen call him "Sir...

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