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...President took no politicians, no bigwigs, no intimate advisers, but three men who were once described at the White House as "the only three fellows around here who don't give a damn about politics" -hearty Brig. General Edwin Watson, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, Rear Admiral Ross Mclntire-his military and naval aides, his doctor...
This was Ross Mclntire, White House doctor, a small, baldish, informal man who pays no attention to the heavy titles and gold braid-Rear Admiral, Surgeon General of the U. S. Navy-conferred on him by a grateful President. After nearly seven years of checking up on Mr. Roosevelt's health, Admiral Mclntire last week told the President he could let himself go. This meant that Mr. Roosevelt could have that second dish of ice cream he often craves...
...Admiral Mclntire looked on his handiwork last week, found it good. In a few days Franklin Roosevelt will be 58 (Jan. 30). Knocking on wood, Dr. Mclntire noted that this winter the President has had no colds-last winter he was plagued with them. His health, said the doctor, is at least equal to that of the average man of his age; his physical energy much greater...
...difficult. Thrice a week he swims in the fresh green waters of the White House pool; daily he is massaged. But fresh air is another thing. He rarely goes to church of a Sunday, and such things as Christmas tree lighting, Gridiron dinners, etc. come too seldom. So Dr. Mclntire encourages him to travel, likes to get the President off on a trip every two or three months. Next trip: probably Warm Springs...
Noticeably skimpy is the recent crop of farm novels. Maine contributes a lone example: Marguerite Mclntire's Free and Clear (Farrar & Rinehart, $2.50), a drowsy tale about hardworking Ma and Pa Chadbourne, their two urban-bent children who turn out all right after...