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Onderwerp: [sinatraphiles] Re: September 28 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY
September 28, 1944 Sinatra visits the White House
Photoplay
July 1945
Our Great Loss: No blow has ever struck Hollywood and its people
with the force and heartbreak caused by the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Shock and sadness were on the faces of all. Even those who disagreed
politically were warm in their praise of him. Clark Gable, for one,
had
supported Dewey, but he sent Mrs. Roosevelt a beautiful, long wire of
condolence that came from his heart. He surely did it for no
insincere
reason — for he’s not that type— and besides, very few people even
knew about it. But probably no person in the U. S. A., outside of
the
President’s personal family, felt his loss more keenly than Frank
Sinatra,
whose devotion to The Chief almost amounted to worship. How he worked
for him in the last campaign is well known. How he treasures every
little
memento ever received from the White House, perhaps is not. There is
a big
color photograph of Roosevelt framed in Frankie’s bedroom. Framed, too,
are
several little invitations to various functions that came to him from
The Great
Man. And his most prized possession is the autographed photograph of
F.D.R.
which stands beside his bed. Frank Sinatra did much more than give
lip-service
to the man and his ideals. And the work, time and heart he has
given to these
principles, he is still continuing. The lectures on tolerance that
Sinatra delivered
on his recent trip east are only the beginning in his determination
to spread the
ideas and dreams of Roosevelt — and help make them come true. Yes,
“Love Thy
Neighbor” is more than just a phrase to Frankie — and he is proving
it. By the
time you read this, he will be on an overseas entertainment tour.
And when he
gets back, he’ll go right on with imbuing teen-agers with the right
thoughts!
Bless him!
