THE PRESIDENCY: Strangers

A manner makes a difference at the White House. Several weeks ago a well-dressed young man walked briskly up the White House Steps, nodded amiably to the guards, pressed through the front door and strolled unchallenged into the dining room where President Hoover was alone. There he dropped his fine manner, began to talk rapidly, wildly. Realizing his danger before this stranger, the President conversed courteously with him, humored him, until a guard entered to lead the intruder away. A mighty shake-up occurred among the President's...

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