Mr. Cox

Three weeks ago, Will H. Hays rode down New York Harbor in a steamer. He was bound on cinema business to Europe but thought best to make it clear that he was not running away from the Senate's investigation of the G. O. P.'s receipts of Oil money (TIME, March 12). Last week, James M. Cox, who was beaten for President in 1920 by the Hays-managed, Oil-financed Harding campaign, rode down New York Harbor on a cutter, to meet Mrs. Cox, who was returning from Europe. Ship-news reporters asked Mr. Cox about Mr. Hays. Mr. Cox replied promptly, emphatically :

"I said in 1920 that Will Hays was a menace to America, and I have never since seen fit to retract my statement. During my Presidential campaign, almost eight years ago, I dwelt repeatedly on a $15,000,000 'slush fund' which I accused the Republican Party of receiving. . . . There are untold funds that went to the Harding campaign fund, of which no trace will ever be found, in all probability.

"I have definitely retired from politics. . . ."