Also outside the U. S. last week was the third ranking member of the Cabinet, Secretary of War George Henry Dern (see above). In a high and exclusive mood he had chosen to attend the Quezon inaugural in Manila, not as a member of Vice President Garner's democratic party aboard an ordinary merchantman but as the solitary official passenger aboard the U. S. cruiser Chester. On his own, he was having the time of his life in Tokyo.
The Secretary of War was received by the Son of Heaven, lunched sumptuously with the...
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