National Affairs: Dissent from John

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John Roosevelt, youngest (38) of the Roosevelt boys and the only Republican among them, turned up in Washington to plead for election of a Republican Congress. John, now a California-New York businessman (cosmetics, packaging), told the Citizens for Eisenhower that he would "go to hell" for Ike. He reported that he had asked his "favorite Democrat"—his mother—how to get Democratic support for G.O.P. congressional candidates this fall. "Her reply," he said, "was hardly suitable for this meeting."