THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Feb. 5, 1934

Most honored guests at the White House last week were Herr Doktor & Frau Albert Einstein. They dined and spent the night, visited the President's office to see his collection of ship prints. Since the Doctor and the President do not speak each other's language, Frau Doktor Einstein had to translate when her learned husband said, "Boating and sailing are my principal hobbies."

ΒΆ President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress "for its information" copies of a report on stock exchange regulation prepared for him by a committee headed by Assistant Secretary of Commerce John...

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