MANNERS & MORALS: The Letters

MANNERS & MORALS

James Roosevelt has had his domestic difficulties, but they were not much to compare with the tribulations of some of the other Roosevelt children.* Last week, when his wife Romelle sued in Los Angeles for separate maintenance, Jimmy unexpectedly began to look like the Rubi of the Roosevelts.

Cheater by the Dozen? In her suit, Romelle asked $3,500 a month support, named three women as corespondents of recent vintage. She also attached two letters, signed by Jimmy in February 1945.

"I have engaged in a course of conduct involving a succession of active adultery, disloyalty and deception," said one....

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