Show h TO DO WELL WELL-TO-DO PRESIDENTS George Garfia Washington was the I wealthiest man in the United States when he was elected President in 1788 A good goodmans many mans other presidents have been men of considerable me means ns and a a. g good od many of them have been poor men Theodore Roosevelt probably had the largest personal fortune fortune fortune for for- tune of any president since Washington when he entered the White House Hoover at the beginning of the war was worth several million dollars but had spent a great deal or his hiR capital in Belgian relief work other philanthropies pies and lost more of it unfortunate investments before before before be be- fore becoming President according ac nc- according cording cordin to interesting interesting- expensive expensive expensive sive magazine called caned Fortune which sells seUs for 1 a copy Mr Mr- Herbert Hoover started out in life with nothing and was wis making a n n T year vear as a mining engineer when he was thirty according to Fortune which estimates that he was vas worth something over in 1914 and now has left about mostly invested in bonds which bring him an income of about a year 0 apart from his sal salary ry Franklin D D- Roosevelt the Democratic candidate for President Pres Pres- ident hrs has an income of about a year apart from front his salary as Governor cf of NewYork N New NewYork e. e York says Fortune About 12 2 of this is from investments inv made by himself and hi his wife of money which they inherited I Governor Roosevelt's magnificent magnificent cent home at Hyde Park N New NewYork NewYork w York is owned by his mother I who is estimated to be worth I about half a million minion dollars dollars- Both candidates for for Vice- Vice I President are also well to Both l Mr r. r Curtis and Mr fr Garner Garner Garner Gar Gar- ner have been the architects archi archi- t tec s of their own fortune We Ve do not see that it makes much difference whether a Presidential residential candidate tc is rich or poor pool Even Norman Thomas the Socialist candidate who vho presumably represents the poor married a considerable fortune Perhaps on the whole th the country is better served b by Y pu putting in office men who do donot donot donot not need the jobs fobs but who are aree e economical economically independent and able to devote their liv lives es to top p public service II |