THE PRESIDENCY: Jingle Bells

President Hoover had an opportunity last week to bring into play his intense interest in child welfare and happiness. Not since the romping Roosevelts has the White House had such a Christmas celebration as was given the Hoover grandchildren—Peggy Anne, 4, Herbert III, 3, Joan, six months. No one worked harder for their good time than Grandfather Hoover. On Christmas Eve when President Hoover returned to the White House from Sherman Square where he had lighted Washington's community tree and broadcast a 37-word holiday greeting to the land, there was a dinner...

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