National Affairs: Aspire to Office!

Exuberant young Democrats from 30 states met last week in Kansas City under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee. After listening to speeches by Postmaster General Farley, Secretary of Commerce Roper, Missouri's Governor Park and Indiana's Governor McNutt, they revolted against prepared addresses by their elders, limited them to ten minutes each. Likewise they threw off the national committee's yoke to pick their own officers for the Young Democratic Clubs of America.

Most famed young Democrat in attendance was moose-tall James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President. As treasurer, he reported the...

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