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PRESIDENT HAS HIS LITTLE JOKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS A GREAT RIBBER AND HARDLY A DAY PASSES THAT HE DOES NOT INJECT A LITTLE HUMOR INTO HIS SERIOUS JOB OF BEING THE NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. TODAY'S JOKE WAS AT THE EXPENSE OF ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. FINDING AN ENGRAVED INVITATION TO ATTEND THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES ON HIS DESK THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WROTE THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM TO W.E. ROCKW... CHIEF OF THE WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL BUREAU: 'PLEASE REGRET THIS INVITATION. I WILL BE TOO BUSY' WHEN THE LETTER OF REGRET WAS SENT TO HIS DESK FOR FINAL O.K., PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, PONDERED A MOMENT AND ADDED THE FOLLOWING NOTATION ON THE LETTER SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE LETTER WAS THEN DISPATCHED TO ADMIRAL GRAYSON
PRESIDENT ENJOYS DEMOCRATIC VICTORY FEAST. WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 4. IN FINE FORM AND FLASHING THE TYPICAL 'ROOSEVELT' SMILE, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HEADED THE THOUSAND OR MORE LOYAL DEMOCRATS ATTENDING THE HUNDRED-DOLLAR-A-PLATE VICTORY FEAST TONIGHT AT THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL IN WASHINGTON. FIVE DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD AND NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS TO THE DEMOCRATIC WAR CHEST WAS THE ORDER OF THE EVENING. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS SHOWN WITH JOSEPH P. TUMULTY, FORMER SECRETARY TO THE LATE PRESIDENT WILSON, WHO WAS TOASTMASTER FOR THE DINNER. NOTE THE PRESIDENT'S RESEMBLANCE TO ANOTHER FAMOUS ROOSEVELT, THE LATE AND FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT ENJOYS DEMOCRATIC VICTORY FEAST. WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 4. IN FINE FORM AND FLASHING THE TYPICAL 'ROOSEVELT' SMILE, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HEADED THE THOUSAND OR MORE LOYAL DEMOCRATS ATTENDING THE HUNDRED-DOLLAR-A-PLATE VICTORY FEAST TONIGHT AT THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL IN WASHINGTON. FIVE DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD AND NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS TO THE DEMOCRATIC WAR CHEST WAS THE ORDER OF THE EVENING. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS SHOWN WITH JOSEPH P. TUMULTY, FORMER SECRETARY TO THE LATE PRESIDENT WILSON, WHO WAS TOASTMASTER FOR THE DINNER. NOTE THE PRESIDENT'S RESEMBLANCE TO ANOTHER FAMOUS ROOSEVELT, THE LATE AND FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY VISIT 4-H ENCAMPMENT. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 14. THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT PAID A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE 4-H GATHERING TODAY AT THE TIDAL BASIN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE PRESIDENT TOLD A MEETING OF THE 4-H MEMBERS THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE BULWARKS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, SINCE IT IS NOT REGIMENTED LIKE YOUTH GROUPSIN OTHER COUNTIRES. FLOWERS WERE PRESENTED TO MRS. ROOSEVELT BY ELIZABETH WHITE OF VIRGINIA AND A BOOK CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 4-H CLUB WAS GIVEN TO MR. ROOSEVELT. L TO R: ELIZABETH WHITE, VIRGINIA; MRS. ROOSEVELT; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND DAVID LANDERS OF NEW YORK, WHO GAVE THE PRESIDENT THE BOOK
PRESIDENT SIGNS SMALL HOME LOAN MEASURE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY SIGNED THE BILL PROVIDING FOR A $2,000,000,000 REFINANCING OF SMALL HOME MORTGAGES TO PUT THEM ON LOWER INTEREST RATE. THE ADMINISTRATION HOPES TO HAVE THE LAW IN ACTIVE OPERATION WITHIN A MONTH. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE SEEN: WILLIAM F. STEVENSON, CHAIRMAN OF HOME LOAN BANK BOARD; T. DWIGHT, MEMBER OF BOARD; RUSSELL HAWKINS, MEMBER; A. E. HUTCHISON, SECRETARY OF BOARD; HO..RUSSELL, GENERAL COUNSEL OF BOARD; CARRO..., MEMBER; WALTER H. NEWTON, MEMBER; REP. WILLIAM F. BRUNNER, NY; SEN. JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, AR
PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW COURT BILL. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 7. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY SIGNED A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NEW ORGANIZATION FOR HANDLING THE ADMINISTRATION OF U.S. COURTS. UNDER THE MEASURE, INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ASHURST OF ARIZONA, CONTROL OF PERSONNEL WILL BE PLACED UNDER A DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE HEAD OF 'THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.' THIS DIRECTOR, APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, WILL RECEIVE $10,000 YEARLY AND WILL HAVE AN ASSISTANT TO RECEIVE $7,500. L TO R: HOMER S. CUMMINGS, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANK MURPHY
THE PRESIDENT SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 26. TONIGHT AT NINE THIRTY THE PRESIDENT BROADCASTED A TALK ON THE WORLD SITUATION AND THIS COUNTRY'S TASK IN DEFENSE PLANS. HE SPOKE OF THE TROJAN HORSE, AND THE FIFTH COLUMN WHICH HE SAID BETRAYS A NATION UNPREPARED FOR TREACHERY. HIS SPEECH ENDED WITH 'I AM CERTAIN THAT OUT OF THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN THIS LAND, IN EVERY WAKING MINUTE, A SUPPLICATION GOES UP TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT ALL OF US BEG THAT SUFFERING AND STARVING, THAT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION MAY END, AND THAT PEACE MAY RETURN TO THE WORLD. IN COMMON EFFECTION FOR ALL MANKIND, YOUR PRAYERS JOIN WITH MINE, THAT GOD WILL HEAL THE WOUNDS AND THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY'
PRESIDENT RECEIVES FRATERNITY MEMBERSHIP SCROLL. WASHINGTON, D.C.,JUNE 24. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY RECEIVED A SCROLL REPRESENTING HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE GREEK ORDER OF AHEPA. HE WAS INITIATED INTO THE ORDER MARCH 11, 1931, WHEN GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION MADE THE PRESENTATION THROUGHT ARTHUR G. SYRAN, NEW YORK, PRESIDENT. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: JOHN DOUNOUCOS, ARTHUR G. SYRAN, PETER VOUCHELAS, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, CONSTANTINE G. ECONOMON, EL POLITES, REV. THOMAS J. LACEY, AND THOMAS PALEDES
PRESIDENT ENROLLED AS 'FOUNDER' IN FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PURCHASING FROM U.S. SURGEON GENERAL THOMAS PARRAN A CERTIFICATE ENROLLING HIM AS A 'FOUNDER' OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. THE NEW FOUNDATION, A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, WILL THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF CITIZENS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY WAGE THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DISEASE ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: DR. THOMAS PARRAN; KIETH MO[...], NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY; DR. THOMAS W. GOSLING, NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS; MISS KATHERINE [i.e. Katharine] LENROOT, CHIEF OF THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; AND D.C. COMMISSIONER GEORGE ALLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAMPAIGN
PRESIDENT HAS HIS LITTLE JOKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS A GREAT RIBBER AND HARDLY A DAY PASSES THAT HE DOES NOT INJECT A LITTLE HUMOR INTO HIS SERIOUS JOB OF BEING THE NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. TODAY'S JOKE WAS AT THE EXPENSE OF ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. FINDING AN ENGRAVED INVITATION TO ATTEND THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES ON HIS DESK THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WROTE THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM TO W.E. ROCKW... CHIEF OF THE WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL BUREAU: 'PLEASE REGRET THIS INVITATION. I WILL BE TOO BUSY' WHEN THE LETTER OF REGRET WAS SENT TO HIS DESK FOR FINAL O.K., PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, PONDERED A MOMENT AND ADDED THE FOLLOWING NOTATION ON THE LETTER SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE LETTER WAS THEN DISPATCHED TO ADMIRAL GRAYSON
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01/01/1937
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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