U.S. At War: Rex in Puerto Rico

After silver-haired, handsome Rexford Guy Tugwell took office in Puerto Rico last September as Governor, little was heard of him until last week, when from that much-experimented-on island came roars and rumors of roars.

To the White House went an angry cable from leaders of Puerto Rico's Coalition Party, begging President Roosevelt to take Rex Tugwell away. In Washington, slick-haired, solemn Bolivar Pagan, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, passionately denounced Rex Tugwell as "an American quisling." Said Commissioner Pagan: "He is doing everything so that loyal American citizens in Puerto Rico become sore...

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