THE PRESIDENCY: Act of God

Colonel Edward Starling of the Secret Service and the converted Coast Guard cutter Potomac last week arrived in Miami. The same day two of the Navy's most up-to-date destroyers, the Monaghan and the Dale skidded into Port Everglades. The U. S. was mobilizing on Florida. Same day in Washington Mrs. Roosevelt wrote in her syndicated diary:

"This has been a grey rainy day, and I happened to choose the rainiest part of it to go for a ride. My dogs and I looked like drowned rats on our return."

Next afternoon when she and...

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