The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-02
Walter WincheII
 To NezC York

| thirty booksellers who cater to his
 interest in ships and oceans. The
 President has large collection of
 naval literature He never seems
 to tire of scrambled eggs. White
 fish is another of his favorite foods On his Teheran trip, the Presi-
 dent took along fifty detective yarns
 chosen by the Library of Congress. t
 The President regularly V-mails letters to his sons in the service.
 Like any other citizen he has ra-
 tion card, but he seldom has red point trouble since he eats very little meat .. While breakfasting in bed FDR reads the gazettes: Washing
 ton, Baltimore and New York first editions He receives about s. 900 letters daily. Out of the batch his secretary extracts about a dozen important miSSiveS for him to read. Whacky letters give FDR a laugh. One of the oldest was read from a woman who wrote: Dear MT. President: Just a few lines to ask you when people are divorced are they supposed to leave one aI1- other alone? My former husband is going around turning men against me with his lies. guess he is mad because I gave myself to Red in the back seat of his car, license No. 247895."
 German police once arrested FDR During his teens he made bicycle tour of Germany and vio- lated some minor traffic regulations AS youth Roosevelt made trips to Europe with his mother. He first crossed the Atlantic when he was two The Presidents great great-grandfather played vital role in the winning of the Revolution. FDR was anxious to attend An- napolis, but his parents talked him out of it At Harvard he edited 'The Crimson" and managed to get scoops that amazed editors thorugn- out the nation. As editor FDR cru saded against the evils of university life.
 FDR fought shoulder-to-shoulder with Woodrow Wilson. wilson fre- quently sent for Roosevelt to dis cuss with him the proposed League of Nations .. At his Hyde Park study the President has the ma hogany desk on which the first draft of the League of Nations Covenant was written by Wilson FDR doesn't mind wearing 8 dinner jacket but dislikeS white tie and tails He is an expert poker player. When he gets chance to play he enjoys originating varia- tions of the game -. Like all PreSi- dents he is prisoner of his body guard. He can't go anywhere in pub lie or even private-Without the presence of men-Who are ordered by law to guard him 7. FDR used to see movies about twice a month. Now he rarely gets chance to view one. He likes newsreels and light screen yarns.
 While Roosevelt was a college freshman he organized the under privileged majority to combine and carry the elections of the class officers against the candidate of the influential minority |. . The Com mander-in-C Chief is an expert swim mer and enjoys ducking friends and engaging in wrestling matches with those who share the pool with him.
 The first Roosevelt came to Amer ica in the 17th Century. He was not named Roosevelt-hiS handle was Claes Martenszen and he ar- rived from Holland. He adopted the name Roosevelt because it was the name of the Dutch village he hailed from . Incidentally, Claes Roose- welt has been the common ancestor of seven American Presidents: James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Zach cry Taylor, William H. Taft, Ulysses s. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and FDR! .. Among little known facts is this: The day before the Presi- dents unarmed plane landed at Oran-German bombers sank two ships there. We read that in Noel Busch's expressing tome: What Manner of Man?" (Harper's.)
 While serving as Undersecretary of the Navy (during the last war) a new type of mine was brought to his attention by an unknown scien- tist. FDR urged the Allies to adopt the new mine and finally convinced them. The new weapon promptly clicked. The mine succeeded in keep ing Germany's fleet bottle up in the North Sea. It was one of the most vital factors in winning the war . The President immensely enjoys al. kinds of anecdotes. He has two favorites. One of them is the oldie about the hill-billy who courted a gal for a year and was confronted by her father, who snapped: "You have been counting my daughter for a year. I would like to ask you are your intentions honorable or dis honorable?" .. The startled hill- billy replied: You mean I get a 0hAinA0V