THE PRESIDENCY: Visitor

Among the numerous Roosevelts who spend all their time making news, Gracie Hall Roosevelt is usually notable for making no news at all. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's younger (46) brother, his most conspicuous appearance in print up to last week had been in his sister's autobiography in which she wrote that she felt a "great responsibility for him." Last week Gracie Hall Roosevelt suddenly found himself paraded across the front pages in the U. S. This was surprising enough but the reason was more so. It was a rumor that he had invited Henry Ford to lunch at the White...

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