THE PRESIDENCY: Good-by Without Words

The Squire of Hyde Park sat in his car one afternoon last week reviewing the Dutchess County Horse Show, but he could not stay to present the cup that he offered for the best horse. He, his good mother and his lady had other squirely duties to attend to. They drove back to the house of Moses Smith, a tenant on their estate, to be welcomed by the Roosevelt Home Club. There Squire Roosevelt talked to his neighbors in homely fashion: "When I got back...

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