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MacLeish Will Be Toastmaster for Roosevelt Dinner

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Archibald MacLeish '19, Boylsotn Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, will be toastmaster of a dinner given by the Americans for Democratic Action in honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt '04. Principal speakers will be Walter P. Reuther, UAW-CIO's president, and Elmer Davis, radio commentator.

Seven raculty members have offered their support for the dinner, which will be held at the Copley Plaza on January 28. Among the sponsors listed are Dean Edward Mason of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Merle Fainsod, professor of Government, and Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics.

Other backers include John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, and Albert S. Coolidge '15, lecturer on Chemistry.

The Roosevelt Day dinner will serve as the highlight of the ADA's third convention. Similar events are planned for 20 cities throughout the nation. National chairmen for the event include Robert E. Sherwood '18, and Senators Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Herbert eLhman of New York.

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