For a fortnight Washington correspondents had been plagued by queries from editors and publishers back home. All queries began alike: "Is the story true that . . . ?" The stories also had one central theme: Franklin Roosevelt was on the verge of a collapse, physical, mental or both. He had, according to the tales roaring through the country in whispers, grown mentally irresponsible. Hadn't you heard that during a Press conference he had a fit of laughter, had to be hurriedly wheeled out of the room? Why, his intimates were taking the greatest...
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