Animals: Political Pets

Every good politician knows that pets are votegetters. A candidate who strokes a dog may well thus win its master's vote, perhaps those of other dog-lovers. Last week from the Roosevelt campaign headquarters issued two items of campaign literature relating two near miracles. To Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote a Mrs. Grace C. Palmer of Brooklyn:

"Just want to tell you of an incident that happened while my husband and I were seated at the radio. . . . When it was announced that Mr. Roosevelt was nominated . . . our dear...

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