Will there be anything else, Mr. Roosevelt?
This week as election fever continued to rise,
the Democratic Convention gave a rousing endorsement to their candidates...
James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Good evening, my fellow Democrats.
Thank you for coming!
Thank you!
My friends, thank you.
Now they say,
the best way to get rid of a man
is to have him run for vice-president.
Well, I say
ask my cousin Teddy if that's how they got rid of him.
Are you saying it's my fault we lost?
I'm saying it's the Republicans' gain for at least another eight years.
You and Cox made sure of that.
But that's okay. This buys you time,
this buys you experience. We'll run you for governor.
Oh really? Of which state, South Dakota?
That's very funny, but I'm not laughing. We've got a lot of work to do.
First, you need to know what they're saying about you.
They're saying F.D.R. Stands for featherduster.
That you're a lightweight, that you are a dilettante without a point of view.
You enjoy hitting me when I'm down, Louis?
No, but it's the only time you'll ever listen to me.
Why are you a Democrat, Franklin? Answer me.
The Democratic Party is the party of the people. I am a man of the people.
You're a Roosevelt. What do you know about people?
# I'll see you in my dreams #
# Hold you in my dreams #
# Someone took you out of my arms #
# Still I feel the thrill of your charms. #
"It has been far too long since we last corresponded.
However, it is with great reluctance
I must decline your kind speaking invitation.
Unfortunately I would be of little assistance
to the Junior Assistance League,
particularly if my purpose were to appear
as an alumna who is gifted at public speaking. "
And what do you really want me to say?
Thank you and if you ask again I shall scream.
Why don't you ask your husband for some pointers?
He's a pretty gifted public speaker, don't you think?
No really, you should get out once in a while
and accepting that invitation would be good for Franklin's career.
Mr. Howe, wouldn't you be more comfortable
waiting for my husband outside?
- In the street, Mrs. Roosevelt? - If you like.
Aha! I see it's not even 8:00 A.M. And already the gloves are off.
- Good morning, Babs. - Good morning.
- Hello, Miss Mercer. - Good morning, sir.
You're late. Honestly, why do you enjoy keeping people waiting?
Because they always seem more grateful to see me when I arrive.
You have a lovely day, Babs.
Should I expect you for dinner?
Well, I have the naval reception this evening. I'll be home quite late,
unless you've changed your mind about coming.
Do you wish me to come?
Well...
whatever you'd like.
Thank you, no.
Very well then.
- Good day, Miss Mercer. - Good day, sir.
Let's make this a simple day, Louis.
I'd like to be done by 5:00 if possible.
What are you a banker? You've got a lot to do.
At 10:00 we've got a meeting with representatives from Pittsburgh Steel.
It's on your desk for approval.
- So what did I think of it? - You had some problems with it.
I'd better read it. Steelworkers tend to vote Democratic. Next.
Uh, lunch with Secretary Daniels.
- Oh please! - He's your boss.
Anything else?
- What if she'd said yes? - Who?
Franklin, people know. It's time to stop.
I can handle my own affairs, Louis.
Not this one. This is Washington D.C., not the Harvard Club.
How can you be so cavalier?
You say that like it's a bad thing.
- Touch it, touch it! - I got it!
Here!
I have offered Franklin his freedom.
And I have accepted.
His freedom is not yours to offer.
I am in love with Miss Mercer, Mama.
Falling in love is out of the question.
Why do you think men have mistresses?
Duty, duty to one's family and to one's career.
Where do you think you're going?
It's obvious that my input in this matter is of little importance.
Babs...
Come back here, both of you.
Babs!
I don't know whether to hate you or thank you.
- For what? - For forcing me
to face my life honestly for the first time.
I didn't mean to hurt you, Babs.
You never do. You live your life skimming the surface,
never aware of the attachments beneath.
- It must be a luxury. - Eleanor...
Mama, I know that it's very diff...
Divorce will finish your career in politics.
How do you intend to support yourself?
My trust fund.
Divorce Eleanor and there is no trust fund.
You've come so far, boss.
State Assembly, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
pages right out of Cousin Teddy's playbook.
We're on the road to the White House, don't do this.
Lunch, right now!
Boy Scouts, Louis? Hardly my constituency.
They've got parents. Besides they're photogenic.
Franklin Roosevelt, happy to meet you.
- Welcome. - Nice to see you.
Is this what you want, Louis? Okay, boys.
Come on, come on. Line it up. Move!
We've got a photograph happening here. Yes, squeeze in.
You're looking good, fellows.
Fine uniforms, fine upstanding young men.
- Who's gonna get squeezed in here? - Picture!
And here we go. Look at the nice man over there. Here we go!
That's great.
- Okay, guys, over here. - Perfect.
Okay, boys, ready for lunch. Will you be joining us?
- Of course. - All right.
Right here is fine.
- Hey, is this a good one? - Looks good.
- Okay, what's your name, son? - Giuseppe.
Giuseppe! Terrific!
There you go... come stai, ragazzo?
- One more. - Okay, I guess.
All right. Oh, I can do that.
You'd like to hold my glasses? Thank you very much.
Oh, what have we got here? Brr, whoa whoa.
Oh that's good, but now I can't see.
That must... someone took... someone took my glasses.
I know they did... I've got my glasses.
Is that the way I put them on? Oh, I don't know... is this good?
Come on, that's it!
Whoa-aa!
- You... - Watch out, here I come.
- No, you don't. - Oh yes, I do.
- Oh! - Vae Victis!
Vae Victis!
- Whoa to the conqueror! - Festina lente! Not so fast, oh!
You gang of ruffians, I knew you...
I'm going to get all of you for this.
Look at this... he's a natural.
Oh, I've got you... argh! You ganged up on me.
You've got me circled around you.
Children, dinner is in one half hour. Come and get dressed.
Up up, chicks, you heard your mother.
I'm gonna get all of you for this.
Everyone needs to wash up, yes?
- Franklin, what is on your face? - Nothing, Mommy.
Come here, stand still.
Hey, boss, you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Babs!
That's a... pretty color... may I...
I must check on dinner.
Very well.
Tired?
Of you? Never.
Why don't you take a nap before dinner?
Yes, dear.
Can you take my hand?
He has infantile paralysis... polio.
I knew it. I knew it.
I thought it only struck children.
- Not necessarily. - How did he get it?
Some experts believe it's linked to contaminated water.
But that theory is speculative at best.
It was that visit to that goddamn Boy Scout camp.
In all honesty, you need to be looking forward, not back.
What is the prognosis?
The damage to his leg muscles is extensive.
I suspect he will be paralyzed from the waist down.
Oh, dear God.
And the children?
If they don't have any symptoms by now, they've been spared.
Then we must count our blessings.
You will need to prepare yourselves.
There's a deep depression that follows an illness of this magnitude.
I'm afraid life as he knew it is over.
He seems a little better today.
Now that politics is out of the question,
he can stay here at home with me.
But what kind of life would that be?
I've rented him an office downtown, he can still practice law.
- Why would you do that? - Because he needs it...
- He can pursue a career, Mama. - A man as proud and vital as Franklin?
You're inviting him to be hurt.
And you, Mr. Howe,
engaged in the fantasy of a political future for my son.
Is there nothing you won't do to keep your job?
Mama, that's not fair.
What kind of a life is it to be pitied and stared at?
What kind of a life is it to be hidden away?
I know you believe what you're suggesting for Franklin is best,
but I think it will only make it harder.
I think I know what's best for Franklin. I am his mother.
Yes, and I am his wife.
Mr. Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt, we've got a storm coming. It looks like a bad one.
Got to get you off this boat, sir.
Come on, let's get you up.
Oh, gentlemen, leave me here.
Let the ocean swallow me up.
Burial at sea...
perfect for a navy man!
Thank you.
Move him up.
Watch him. Got him?
Here we go, sir.
You've got him.
Louis?!
I never miss Florida in the rainy season.
No letter, no wire.
Why? Would you have answered it?
What the hell are you doing here?
It's good to see you too.
Nice whiskers. You look like Chester Arthur.
Stanley, Eugene, this is Mr. Howe.
He gets seasick at the mere sight of a boat,
so he's probably happy that it's being destroyed right now.
Boys, I need to talk to Mr. Roosevelt alone.
Could you find your own breakfast and make it a feast?
- There's a five spot. - Thanks a lot, Mr. Howe.
- I appreciate that. - Thanks, guys.
All right, let's go.
You're always so generous with my money.
You mean your mother's, don't you?
Oh, so Mama has financed this fool's errand, has she?
It's a waste of a trip.
- It was Eleanor's idea. - What can I get you?
Uh, ham and eggs, sunny side up. What's your fancy, boss?
- Nothing. I fancy nothing. - He'll have the same.
Here. There are a few from your children.
I can still read.
Now,
your wife wants you home. She is concerned. I'm concerned.
This life on a boat, where is it getting you?
Getting me? For one thing, no one gets to see me and I don't get to see them.
- Don't say that. Everyone... - Want some of this?
No. Everyone is waiting for you to come home.
The kids, they're... they're aching to see you.
- Really? - Yes.
- What is that? - George Foster Peabody.
He owns a resort in rural Georgia for investment purposes.
Hot... springs or something.
Ah! He claims that only recently
a crippled boy swam in the waters and could walk again.
Oh, for Christ's sake!
Listen to this... "The high magnesium content
of these natural springs will hold anyone up.
Although it is not a resort for infirm types,
I am extending my personal invitation to come visit in the off-season. "
See, I'm only welcome in the off-season.
Mr. Roosevelt, we've got bad news.
What?
It's the boat. She's beaten up really bad.
- How bad? - It's going to take a lot of work.
I can probably have her up by spring.
Maybe it's a blessing in disguise, Mr. Roosevelt.
I don't know about you, but I'm homesick.
And I am sick of home. Thank you, boys.
You're welcome, sir.
Let's see that letter from Peabody.
- You can't be serious. - Why not miracle waters?
I've drunk the oil of monkey glands, I've been zapped with electricity,
hung upside down in harnesses. After all that, this sounds downright peaceful.
I can't quite picture you in the backwoods of Georgia.
Where do you picture me, Louis?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
President?! Louis, I can't visit the bathroom
without a team of associates to help pull my pants down.
So give it some time and we'll test it out.
There's a reason why they say a man runs for office.
I'm going to Georgia.
James has been doing so much better
now that Elliott has joined him at Groton.
They've put their differences behind them and have become a real team.
Two peas in a pod.
Last week they were both in the infirmary with the same cold.
Meanwhile, any suggestions I make to Anna about her future,
whether it's college, or cotillion, she dismisses me.
Will you speak to her about it, Franklin? She'll listen to you.
Will you?
Yes, yes of course.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Someone important?
- You might say so, Lionel. - Who?
A Mr. Roosevelt.
- Teddy? - No, he's dead.
Tom, your guest needs some assistance.
We're gonna need some able-bodied men to move him.
Go over to the livery stable...
And fetch the Collier boys.
Welcome to Warm Springs, Mr. Roosevelt.
Ah, hello. Thank you.
You must be, uh, Mr. Loyless.
Please, call me Tom, Mr. Roosevelt.
- Then you'd better call me Franklin. - Franklin.
- And this is the missus. - Call me Eleanor.
It's a pleasure.
And I see you've met Roy and Pete.
There's a trunk and a chair with the wheels on it too, Mr. Loyless.
- We'll fetch a wagon. - We've got a wagon, sir.
Beautiful country.
How long have you been manager of the inn?
Not long.
Got any paved roads?
No, we don't.
You'll have a great deal of privacy.
The bedrooms are upstairs...
including a beautiful suite for you and Mrs. Roosevelt.
There are only a few guests right now as it's the off-season.
I'm hoping to make some improvements...
I- I-I can't stay here.
- This place is a wreck. - Franklin.
Look on the bright side,
most of your time will be spent in the water.
Look, we've fallen on some hard times...
"Hard times"? This place should be condemned.
Yes, it's true. We've seen better days.
But then I imagine so have you.
I'd be happy to drive you back to the train station
right now if that's what you'd like.
- My husband is concerned... - Fire.
I'm very frightened of fire.
I can't get out if I'm upstairs.
Oh... of course.
We have other options.
Ooh, whoa there!
This is one of our more spacious cottages.
We'll take care of these.
We'll bring everything inside, Mr. Roosevelt.
Grab that one first, Pete.
- Come right through. - Well ventilated at least.
This is the living room. Kitchen through there.
Where do you want these at, Mr. Roosevelt?
Well, in the... is there a bedroom?
Of course, through here.
- In the bedroom. Thank you, Roy. - You're welcome, sir.
Tom!
This young man appears quite competent.
Would you ask him if he'd like to stay on as my valet?
Why don't you ask him yourself?
- This is madness. - No doubt.
Tell me again, Franklin, why are we here?
Simply put... for the waters.
Are you coming?
Would Mrs. Roosevelt like to swim?
- Mrs. Roosevelt doesn't know how. - Well, okay.
Here we are... shallow side.
We got the slightly deeper side over here,
which is where we'll start you.
And this is the indefatigable Aunt Sally.
- Aunt Sally? - Good day, sir.
Aunt Sally, this is Mr. And Mrs. Roosevelt.
- How do you do? - I have towels for you.
I'll take those.
Now they're just gonna... ease you in the water.
Roy, Pete.
Okay, easy. Yes.
All right then, sir. You got him, Pete?
And... up!
Here we go.
Easy, Pete. Down. All right.
Come on. Let's get out of the pool.
Children.
Don't be sassy. Come on.
You'll find that the mineralization makes the water more buoyant.
The crippled boy who swam here
was actually able to walk in the water.
- Oh! - Okay okay okay okay.
I can't even stand!
I can't even stand.
Well, not yet.
But you will. You will.
- Bon appetit. - Thank you, Tom.
This is simply revolting.
It's not very good, but it is... mysterious.
What in the world do you think they poured over this beef?
Or is it possum?
- Everything okay? - You want to stay.
Yes.
New York has the best doctors
and hospitals in the country.
I need something new.
This isn't about getting better, is it?
You don't want to come home. You don't want to live with us.
I refuse to be a burden.
You're not a burden, you're my husband.
I want to offer you
the freedom you once so generously offered me.
Listen, all you've ever known is duty
to me and to a political career
that unless I can walk again no longer exists.
You've been...
exemplary.
Now I'm telling you...
that you're free to go.
I don't want freedom.
I want a marriage.
I want a life with you.
Babs, I can't imagine what you think that life is going to be.
Oh, Franklin.
It's not up to me to imagine.
It's up to you.
Babs...
Step up, come on!
Thank you for stopping by, Mr. Howe.
Well, I thought you might want to see a friendly face.
So how is our boy doing?
Well, he's enjoying the waters.
I'm afraid we've lost him.
Here.
Please, forgive me, Mr. Howe.
Don't you think it's time you called me Louis?
Maybe we've been going about this all wrong.
He's down there to be alone. Let's give him what he wants.
- We change our focus. - To what?
To you.
A mystery touch, Tom.
Oops!
Just a soupcon, one of those.
Et... voila!
There you are, try that.
So to your...
mineral pool or whatever you call it.
- Warm Springs. - Warm Springs, Tom.
Is it too strong?
Actually...
it's the most patently egregious martini I've ever tasted.
Are you always this direct, Tom?
Well, I don't believe I've ever tasted
anything this God-awful before,
martini or otherwise.
Everyone likes my martinis.
So they say.
You have a family, Tom?
Oh, Franklin...
I had a wife once.
But she's gone now.
Tell me more about what that boy did, Aunt Sally.
Well,
first he swim over to the side of the pool,
right there.
Made sure he righted hisself.
Then, before he knew it, he was standing.
If it was only that easy.
Well, you make it hard.
Get over to the side of that pool. Grab it!
Yes, ma'am.
Well,
now you've gotta remember how you did it.
I'm standing.
I'm standing!
To standing on your own two feet.
Thank you, Tom. You know this spring water could be the cure?
In six months I could be up and walking.
- Evening, folks. - Lionel.
Cocktail, Lionel?
I can't, working for the federal government.
All the more reason.
- Sort of late for the mail, isn't it? - Not for me, it isn't.
Got a whole packet of clippings for you. From a Mr. Howe.
"New York Times," "Journal Of America," don't know what else.
Your mother wants to know when you're coming home.
Says they got swimming pools in Hyde Park.
She's mad as all hell.
Reading other people's mail is not only impolite, it's illegal.
The sheriff don't mind. He likes I read his mail. It saves him the time.
Plus a lot of folks around here can't read, so...
it's more a public service really.
Astonishing. Thank you, Lionel. Here is two to go.
Miss Missy LeHand, who is she?
If you must know, she's my social secretary.
I'm having her come down if that's all right.
Oh... almost forgot!
You got the nicest letter from your wife.
She's gonna make a speech to the League of Women Voters.
Give me that.
Says she's gonna keep the Roosevelt name alive.
At least till he starts walking and all. I'd best be on my way.
Night, Lionel.
This is so unlike Eleanor.
She's terrified of crowds.
We are facing imminent disaster.
I'll take full responsibility if you hyperventilate or faint.
...on a level with us.
Oh, here she is now, Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt.
Thank you.
Good afternoon.
I'm so... I'm so pleased to be invited here today.
Too often...
Too often, the great decisions
are originated and given form
in bodies made up wholly of men.
So that whatever political value women have to offer
is shunted aside without expression.
This is a mistake.
I think this might be the reason I'm...
having such a difficult time
giving voice to my own thoughts here today.
I'm reminded of...
what someone once said about looking at an elephant.
It is impossible to ever see an entire elephant from one place.
You have to walk around it.
If our elected leaders are to be truly effective,
they must learn to look beyond what is right in front of them
to see the entire elephant.
And for that, they need our help.
- That was so moving, Mrs. Roosevelt. - Thank you.
The Child's Welfare Amendment could use someone with your passion.
You must consider being our spokeswoman.
Oh!
- It would be an honor. - Wonderful.
Three...
four...
- five. - Five!
Okay.
I walked five steps today!
Congratulations, Franklin.
Listen, I got word a local reporter wants to do a story on you.
It probably won't amount to more than a provincial puff piece,
but it might give us some free publicity for the inn.
I'm hardly newsworthy these days.
How did he find out I'm here?
Small town. Word gets out.
All right, I know the fellow. I'm doing him a favor.
You know I used to be a journalist.
You mean to tell me that all this time I've been talking to a newspaperman?
Not anymore.
I got into some trouble back in Atlanta.
It seems some of the editorial pieces I wrote
offended the sensibilities of a local civic group...
so I needed to lay low for a while.
You mean the Klan?
Good God, Tom!
Thrusting me into the beneficent arms
of Mr. George Foster Peabody,
who gave me this job.
Well, that explains a few things.
I couldn't for the life of me
figure out why a man like you was running this...
- Rat trap? - I was going to say dump,
but rat trap fits very nicely.
In 1920, when you were running for vice-president...
I can't imagine your readers are interested in ancient history.
Cox and I lost the election by a wide margin.
Well, it was only a few years ago, Mr...
You know it's the water's extra minerals,
plus its warmth that makes all the difference. At 90º,
I can work my muscles for hours and not get cold.
As Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Great War...
Oh, I forgot one more thing you need to write down.
Poor circulation is a chronic problem for people in my condition.
So, you think it could be a cure?
- I don't know. - But you're hopeful?
Oh, yes. Yes I am.
Roy.
Thank you.
"And therefore a formal questionnaire
should be composed
in order that we may hear from all recent delegates
as to how we can do better in '28
to present a more united front.
Sincerely, Franklin Roosevelt," et cetera.
Very good. Do you want this out today?
Tomorrow will be fine.
All right.
And would you C.C. That to Louis, please, Missy?
Certainly, sir.
- Hungry, Mr. Roosevelt? - Not really.
Who do you write to every morning?
Different people I knew in politics, in case they ever want me back.
So you'll be ready when you'll get your legs to working again?
Exactly.
Excuse me, are you Mr. Roosevelt?
Yes, who are you?
My name is Benjamin Pendergrast.
Come on in, Benjamin Pendergrast.
I've come to see if you could speak
at this year's graduation ceremony at the schoolhouse.
You being so famous and all.
Well, I'll be damned.
- Would you be available? - Are you graduating?
No, sir. I'm the principal.
I see.
Y'all take your seats.
Children, settle down. Go on, take your seats.
Now that we're all here today, congratulations to our graduates.
Hear hear!
I'd like to introduce a very special guest speaker,
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt.
Thank you.
Um, thank you, my friends.
Now you know at Groton, where I graduated from high school,
our beloved headmaster
encouraged his students to enter public life.
L... I chose to attend Harvard for my undergraduate work and then...
Columbia for my law degree.
I followed my headmaster's advice
and sought a career in public life.
But circumstances beyond my control...
have made that...
very difficult.
You know, I have given many speeches in my life,
I don't know why I'm having such a hard time making this one.
My God!
Did you see how they were looking at me?
- They welcomed your company, Franklin. - Don't patronize me.
Don't patronize them.
These people go to bed night after night with half-empty stomachs.
Your legs are the least of their worries.
Aren't you cold, Mr. Roosevelt?
Mr. Roosevelt, you're gonna catch the chill
if you don't get out of t'water.
You're gonna have to talk to him, Mr. Loyless. He won't listen to us.
Franklin, we have to talk.
Normally we close up this time of year
and the staff can go home for the holidays.
I see.
Grandmother Delano brought this all the way from China.
How beautiful, Grandmamma.
Thank you, Anna dear.
Have you ever been to China, Father?
China, Elliott? No. Just your grandmamma.
Johnny, we need you.
- Come help us sing. - No, I don't want to.
She's gonna sing again and you're gonna sing whether you like it or not. Sing!
- # Hark the herald angels sing... # - We know this one.
#... Glory to the newborn king #
# Peace on earth and mercy mild #
# God and sinners reconciled... #
It was an extraordinary turnout this afternoon.
Louis says there were over 200 people in the audience.
Well, that's marvelous, Babs...
Oh, steady, I got you, sir.
You wonder...
why I want to go back to Georgia?
It's to avoid people who look at me the way you just did.
You truly believe the waters... that they are helping...
Don't talk to me as if I were a child,
choosing your words so carefully.
How am I supposed to talk to you?
Like I was.
Talk to me like I was.
I don't know how anymore.
Whoa-whoa-whoa.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
We missed you at the station.
Tom, are you all right?
Oh, it's just a ulcer.
I can't eat anything I like anymore.
My father had ulcers.
- Damn irritating. - Yes, they are.
Thank you, Pete. Thank you, Roy.
Well, shall we go for a swim?
Why not?
So we have some new guests.
Some paying and some non-paying.
What the blazes is this?
The interview you gave was syndicated in Sunday papers all over the country.
- They're here to see you. - Mr. Roosevelt, Pat Doyle.
Sir, I have come here all the way from Minneapolis just to shake your hand.
Stuck in this chair, I do nothing but read... just newspapers usually,
just looking for something, anything that would...
tell me there's even the slightest chance that I could walk again.
Well, I...
Excuse me for just one moment
- if you would, Mr. Doyle. - Franklin?
Is everything all right?
Of course, everything's fine.
I want no part of this. I come here for privacy.
This isn't your personal spa, I have a business to run.
Exactly. You have a business to run, not I.
- No one's asking anything of you. - Of course they are.
Do you know what it took for most of them to get here?
It's not my concern. I want to be left alone!
My God.
- You're afraid of these people. - What are you talking about?
You look at them with the same repulsion and pity as everyone else.
Don't be ridiculous. I resent...
You don't want to be around them,
because then that would make you one of them, wouldn't it?
God damn it! Get out of my way!
Get out of my goddamn way!
Right on time. How 'bout that?
There you are.
Bullochville, five-minute stop.
Franklin.
- Expecting someone? - Yes I am.
Excuse me, I'm looking for a young gentleman by the name of Botts.
- I... don't know anything about that. - Fred Botts?
I expect he'd be in a wheelchair.
- Oh, the cripple. - One moment.
- He's in the baggage car. - The baggage car?
Roy.
Fred? It's okay.
You're in Warm Springs. You made it.
Here we go.
Mr. Roosevelt.
It's going to be all right, son.
I'm sorry about this, Mr. Roosevelt.
The conductor wouldn't let me ride in the passenger car with my chair.
When did you last eat, son?
- I ate at Knoxville. - Knoxville must have been two days ago.
- Roy, take him to the car. - Yes, sir.
Who in their right mind lets a child ride in the baggage car?
You could have killed that boy!
He had polio, probably still contagious.
Don't dismiss me because I sit in this chair.
Get away from me! You've had polio.
You ignorant son of a bitch! If I could, I'd get up there right now,
lock you in that baggage car, see how you like it.
Franklin!
You get this lunatic away from me!
Crazy bastard!
- Where's the nearest hospital? - Atlanta.
- What about a doctor? - Closer but not by much.
Let's go home.
How many can pay?
Fewer than half.
I want these people in the cottages, not the inn. It's safer.
Well, it's the way it has to be.
What do you mean?
There've already been some complaints.
It's the start of the season, Franklin.
I've got regulars who've come for years,
healthy folks most of all.
They're threatening to... check out.
Afraid they might catch polio.
Don't they know that after the fevers break we're no longer contagious?
I'm gonna...
have to ask that you not use the pool during regular hours.
I'll try and put aside time for you late in the day.
And it will no longer be possible...
for you to eat in the dining room.
But I promise I will find a suitable alternative.
They don't want us to eat in their presence?
Of course for you, we can find other accommodations.
That won't be necessary.
- Thank you. - You still need a doctor here.
- For Fred? - For everyone.
"Dear Babs,
things are very different upon my return.
I am taking on responsibilities which none of my schooling
in the spheres of higher learning or politics could have prepared me for.
I have seen the casualties of war,
but I have never seen this...
a suffering so insidious, so silent,
that it rattles my soul. "
- When can I swim? - Soon.
When you're a little stronger.