THE PRESIDENCY: Roosevelt Rainbow

Dr. Ross T. Mclntyre, the White House physician, last week pronounced President Roosevelt physically "in the pink" after his 4,000-mile Drought tour. That his spirits were also tiptop appeared when White House correspondents filed into their first press conference after his return, primed to josh him about his "nonpolitical" campaign.

Would his speech at New York's Democratic State Convention later this month be "political," asked one?

Franklin Roosevelt threw up his hands, widened his eyes in mock horror. "Oh, no!" cried he.

Well, then, persisted a questioner when President and newshawks had stopped...

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