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For 24 hours the President postponed his pilgrimage to Florida's fishing grounds; again for 24 hours; finally for 24 hours more. With pen instead of fishing rod in hand, he signed a proclamation urging citizens to contribute $3,000,000 for Red Cross flood relief. Around his desk...
Tardy by 48 hours, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt arrived at Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., he to receive a Litt. D. to take on his fishing trip; she to receive a bronze medallion to take back to Washington.
¶ With WPAdministrator Harry Hopkins and Budgeteer Bell, the President got down to serious work. Their job: to figure out how many billions Franklin Roosevelt should ask for relief, before departing this week for his spring fishing trip off Florida.
New Experiments-Nervously Japanese businessmen awaited the new Finance Minister's first pronouncement. They were even more nervous after scanning what Mr. Baba had to say. Speaking obviously as the Army's Stooge, he announced "increased taxes, new experiments, the raising of Japanese defenses to a satisfactory state...
Hopkins' Bowman Called into immediate council, Hopkins facultymen found their new president a square-cut, energetic, conservatively handsome man who looked and acted far younger than his 57 years. He won their admiration at once by the thoroughness and courage with which he tackled Hopkins' troubles. On the...