During Cabinet meetings, Roosevelt and his friend passed silly notes to each other like schoolboys. Referring to the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, Morgenthau once scribbled, “How do you like Madam Perkins’ new hat?”
Roosevelt replied, “CHIC(K),” to which Morgenthau countered, “CLUCK!”
Source:
Beschloss, Michael R. “The “One Hundred Percent American.” ” The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. 50. Print.
Further Reading:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt / FDR
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