In acquiring his newspapers Mr. Bingham was not actuated by 9 spirit of gain. Because of his wealth the commercial venture was secondary, Fifty years under the editorship of Henry Watterson had built. around the papers certain traditions and a definite place in public estimat tion." Mr. Bingham needed this tradition and standing to give his adopted state of Kentucky his Ideas, which he considered beneficial to the public Although Mr. Bingham and his papers were traditionally democratic, he did not hesitate to adept an Independent attitude toward political personages and policies when so in-lined.
In Merch, 1933 Mr. Bingham began the second' career of his Iife—that of a diplomat—when he succeeded Mr. Andrew W. Mellon as American Ambassador of Great Britain.
Mr. Bingham was married for the third time, to Mrs. James Byron Billiard of Louisville, in 1924. He had throe children, two sons and a daughter, by his frst marciage—Reuter,
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