The Aldriches (who founded the Federal Reserve) and the Rockefellers (who are intermarried with them) used to run the world, but I think the ring got passed on to others quite some time ago. There are lots and lots of Aldrich and Rockefeller cousins, and they’re still pretty well off on inherited money, but they’re definitely not ruling the world any more.
We once had tea with David’s brother Nelson on the Aldrich’s summer porch after a sailboat race, and Nelson, who was in charge of Family Planning at the time, told my wife that she should stop having any more children. I think my mother-in-law, who was there, put him up to it. But my wife politely refused his advice.
Just please don't say anything nasty about Alexander Hamilton . . . okay?
We once had tea with David’s brother Nelson on the Aldrich’s summer porch after a sailboat race, and Nelson, who was in charge of Family Planning at the time, told my wife that she should stop having any more children. I think my mother-in-law, who was there, put him up to it. But my wife politely refused his advice.
Good thing you weren't having tea with David. He would have commanded you to stop having children!
One of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich’s grandsons was Robert Aldrich. The Hollywood filmmaker who made films like ‘Kiss Me Deadly’, ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ and ‘The Dirty Dozen’.