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After a sumptuous luncheon the new rulers of Louisiana were glad to take Franklin Roosevelt to Bonnet Carre spillway which the Government built to save New Orleans from floods. Finally they put him aboard the destroyer Moffett and waved happily at him and Son Elliott as they disappeared downstream. Two days later the President joined his yacht Potomac at sea, proceeded to Port Aransas near Corpus Christi, and set out to make friends with tarpon.
C. At the President's direction the chief of the Civil Service Commission warned the 829,000 Federal employes against buying securities for speculation, on margin, or for any other than investment purposes (see p. 84).
C. Rushed south by plane following its passage, the new Neutrality Act (see p. 16) was ferried out to the Potomac where the President signed it a few hours before the old Neutrality Act expired. He promptly issued a new proclamation declaring Spain at war and forbidding export of arms to Rebels or 'Loyalists.