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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 118 Pp. Cloth. First Edition. Inscribed "To Mr. Forster With Kind Regards Of Paul Brockett". Brockett (1872-1946) Was Executive Secretary Of The National Academy Of Sciences. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill, For Example, Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time, Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also Responsible For The 'Orderly Handling Of Documents' And Supervision Of The Large Clerical Staff. He Was The Most Important Permanent Official At The White House. " -Off The Record With F.D.R., Rutgers University Press, 1958. "Rudolph Is A Man Without Faults." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (As Cited In That Book, P. 140). Bookplate Of Forster's Son. Inscribed by Author(s).