ABSTRACT
The Franklin D. Roosevelt he portrayed was that "perfectly impossible young man" who refused to bow to the bosses, who carried the noble banner of popular government for 22 long years without relenting, without a slip. And Louis McHenry Howe gave the public behind-the-scenes glimpses of a typical day in the President's life. Louis enjoyed his new and dignified role as spokesman for Roosevelt, he continued to wear frequently his comfortable old jacket as political manipulator. In "Life More Abundant" in April 1934 Louis betrayed how much he had learned—though he may not have believed all of it—from the social reformers, the gold price manipulators, the industry regulators with whom he had been forcibly barracked for a year. Louis had an absolute veto over every spoken word. Louis went well beyond his own resources to exploit the public relations possibilities of the White House.
