When a reporter started to question him during a pancake breakfast in Savannah, Old Miner John L. Lewis refused to be interviewed and majestically said why: "There is nothing so valueless as the curbstone utterances of people passing through."
A former tenant, Eleanor Roosevelt, toured the renovated White House. Her reaction: except for the Green Room, where the color was not quite right, everything was "lovely . . . more convenient and comfortable." Furthermore, said she: "The third floor is so much better arranged and nicer for guests. The closets are a great help."
From his Philadelphia headquarters Father Divine sent out invitations...
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