the opinion that it was his grandfather and not his father who served in this capacity. In �order to determine this matter, the librarian of The Lancaster County' Historical Society wrote to the President, as follows: "Lancaster, Pa. "October 26th, 1934. "Dear Mr. Roosevelt : "On the evening of May

spoke on "Buchanan, the Statesman." At some length, he outlined the course of Mr. Buchanan's life from the time of being admitted as a lawyer to the bar of Lancaster county, to his final retirement at Wheatland. The address showed diligent research and a keen apprecia- tion of the ambition, the

-citizen, James Buchanan, in introducing him to public attention as a suitable candidate for Vice-President of the United States ; and believe that a time has arrived when it would be culpable to withhold the expression of the sentiments of Lancaster county on this important subject. They, therefore, give