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PENSIONS FOR PRESIDENTS.

President Roosevelt's acceptance of a position on the "Outlook," one of the leading American weeklies, may bring about an important change in the attitude of Americans towards their ex-Presidents. The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," predicts that Mr Roosevelt will be the last American President to retire from the White House and accept an engagement from a private firm. It is considered that it is somewhat undignified for a man who has served his country as President, to find himself without sufficient means of support, and to be compelled to solicit an appointment, perhaps from the very interests he has felt obliged to denounce and even to prosecute while in office. "It is national disgrace that a former President should feel obliged to hawk the prestige of his great office," says the "World," a paper strongly opposed to Mr Roosevelt's methods. "No man can live on past glory. Not only should Congress provide a pension of at least £5,000 a year for ex-Presidents, but the Constitution should be amended so as to make them ex-officio members of the United States Senate."

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 4

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PENSIONS FOR PRESIDENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 4

PENSIONS FOR PRESIDENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 4

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