any other president. He routinely invited them to official banquets, and faithfully attended such Washington press fixtures as the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the annual Gridiron evening. Newsmen felt welcome to form clubs at which they could banter with Roosevelt and his aides: The "J. Russell Young School of Expression" was a yearly gathering, inspired the Civilian Conservation Corps, where White House staffers and reporters met to plant trees, make daisy chains, and sing...