National Affairs: Last Words

Last week many a famed citizen got in one last word just before the ballots flew:

Alfred M. London: "I suppose, as far as Mr. Roosevelt's record is concerned, I might be accused of a certain amount of prejudice."

Jack Dempsey: "As for Joe Louis [who came out for Willkie]. ... He should remember he was a poor man himself. He used to pick cotton." Joseph W. Martin Jr.: "I do not choose to enter the Cabinet." Chicago's Mayor Kelly: "We have no voice or control over the ballots as they are marked by the...

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