The Press: Diplomatic Recognition

Mrs. Roosevelt's Press Conference Association last week voted itself into limbo. It bundled up its files to send to the Roosevelt Memorial Library in Hyde Park, where the girls hoped they would make a footnotelet to history. With just $65 left in their treasury, they voted to buy a flossy scroll for Mrs. R.: "To Eleanor Roosevelt . . . the first President's wife whose far-reaching activities for human good warranted regular press conferences. . . ." Then, just when Washington newshens had about given up hope of ever perching in the White House again, they received their first diplomatic...

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