[Magdalen] Keith's birthday list & thoughts on the Day of the Jackals

[Scott Knitter]

I was awash in tears during a documentary about FDR as they showed the
outpouring of love and grief across the nation at his death. He had
truly been a father to the whole country.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:29 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
<oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recall an otherwise uneventful day when I was a student at Pitt, and had
> some business in the Cathedral of Learning. It has elevators since it has
> 42 storeys. I was speaking with an elevator operator, an African-American
> man, and for some reason the name of Franklin Roosevelt came up. At the
> mention of the name, this man in what I'm sure was an automatic gesture,
> removed his hat. Perhaps he saw a puzzled look on my face. He looked at me,
> looked at his cap, looked at me again and said, "He us feel like he cared
> about us all."  If that simple gesture were the only thing that loved on in
> after FDR, it would be enough.




-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA