Letters, Jan. 19, 1931

Millionaire Hoover

Sirs:

... Is President Hoover rated as a millionaire and was he such before he entered the White House? . . .

D. T. MUIR, M.D.

Alden, Kan.

When Herbert Hoover became President, his private income was in excess of $60,000 per year. Were his money invested at 6%, his capital would be in excess of $1,000,000. Therefore he is rated a millionaire.—ED.

Geo. Washington Abroad

Sirs:

. . . You say: "George Washington's insularity may have been due to the fact that he never left the U. S." Washington visited Bridgeport [Bridgetown], Barbados....

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