THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Dec. 18, 1933

The White House last week filled with preholiday social activities. As house guests the President and Mrs. Roosevelt had Mrs. William Randolph Hearst and Mr. Jacques F. Danielson & wife (Fannie Hurst). After a large dinner the Sedalia Singers of Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C. performed at a musicale.* Next day Mrs. Roosevelt entertained Mrs. Hearst and Miss Hurst by taking them into one of the President's regular press conferences.

ΒΆ Hot on the heels of this dinner the President and Mrs. Roosevelt held their first state reception for the diplomatic corps....

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