On a chill, rainy night four days after President Roosevelt's inauguration, a group of newspapermen huddled under the White House portico, waiting for the proclamation which would keep every bank in the land closed for days. Dolefully, four of the men started to sing "Home on the Range." National Broadcasting Co. heard of their performance, persuaded them to sing their song over the radio, introduced them as the White House Portico Quartet.* The song and the singers got national publicity. President Roosevelt interrupted an important conference to listen to the program, afterwards telephoned...
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