National Affairs: Raskob et Al.

After greeting Nominee Robinson in Albany, and with him patting "the donk" (baby, Houston, newborn jackass foal) Nominee Smith went to Manhattan to see after the new political machinery of the Democracy. He knew what he wanted.

The session at the Hotel Biltmore was long and late (3 a. m.). Present were Nominee Robinson, Nominator Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tammanyites George W. Olvany, Judge Joseph M. Proskauer, James A. Foley and Joseph Tumulty; also Senators Hawes of Missouri and Harrison of Mississippi. Nominee Smith was there, too. When they went to bed they all...

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