The Press: Strike in the Doghouse

In the days when Franklin Roosevelt first flashed his magic smile in the White House, newsmen adored him because he was accessible, usually answered their questions. Nowadays Franklin Roosevelt lets White House Secretary Stephen Early arrange his audiences—but Steve Early, a onetime Associated Pressman himself, sometimes gets in wrong with the press.

One morning last week Steve rode into Washington with the President on a special train from Hyde Park, sent word to the six photographers on duty at the White House that Mr. Roosevelt would pose for a newspicture while he swore in Frank Comerford Walker, successor to Jim Farley...

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