THE PRESIDENCY: Family & Friends

''Didn't the President even say he was sorry you lost?" asked a newshawk.

"I can't recall his saying anything that would lead me to believe he entertained such an idea."

The speaker grinned. He was the retiring Governor of Kansas, Alfred Mossman Landon, and all the newshawks in the executive office lobby of the White House grinned with him. After a call, by Presidential invitation, which had been prolonged into an hour's chat, Alf Landon had just emerged, and for one day Franklin Roosevelt had the curious experience of being thrown into...

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