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First mate of his sleek white schooner was Son James. The rest of the crew was made up of Sons Franklin Jr. and John, five young friends. In the IPs foamy wake followed a strangely assorted flotilla: the destroyers Ellis and Bernadou: official guardians of the President's safety; the Coast Guard cutter Cuyahoga carrying secret service men; the ketch Mary Alice and the powerboat Comanche, loaded to the gunwales with newshawks; the black Gloucesterman Old Glory swarming with news photographers who were never allowed to get within camerashot...
Skipper Roosevelt was coasting up Cape Cod toward the Pilgrim Tower at its tip when the Bernadou sped up from behind, put Assistant Secretary of State Moley aboard the Amberjack II for an hour's talk with the President. Mumbling polite nothings to the Press, Braintruster Moley flew off in a blue Naval seaplane for New York where he sailed next day for the London Economic Conference...
...Southwest Harbor on Mt. Desert Island Mrs. Roosevelt popped in to spend a brief hour with her husband. Then she motored on toward Campobello, N. B., the President's destination. Son James took the Bernadou back to Boston to vote as a delegate in Massachusetts' Repeal convention. Scheduled to return on the Bernadou was Ambassador-at-Large Norman H. Davis, just back from the Geneva Arms Conference. He and the President would talk things over as the Amberjack II cruised north into colder weather...