THE PRESIDENCY: Rest & Roadwork

With the exception of ponderous William Howard Taft, who covered 114,000 miles during his four years in the White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt has probably done more roadwork than any President in U. S. history. Up to last week, the Roosevelt mileage at home and abroad since 1933, totaled roughly 104,000. Last week appeared the likelihood of a trip that would considerably increase his mileage. Washington rumor for the past month has murmured that the President planned a cross country jaunt to Seattle, ostensibly to visit his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and...

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