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Into the lives of 12 women, mostly wealthy citizens' wives hitherto untouched by a breath of scandal, a hurricane has swept.
The marriages and future of many of them are in jeopardy because of the disclosure of a letter which will be nine years old on February 27.
' On the front pages of America's newspapers they have been named as having shared the bed of James Roosevelt at times since his second marriage in 1940.
Suave, lanky James Roosevelt, 46, is the eldest son America's wartime President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was about to stand as a Democrat for the House of Representatives.
Filing a suit for maintenance, his wife Romelle, 38, released his letter of 1945 -when he was in the U.S. Marines-listing dates of improper conduct with nine of the women.
Angry brunette
An indignant disclaimer comes from former brunette film star Andrea Leeds, now 40, who has been married, since 1939 to millionaire Robert S. Howard, son of the owner of the famous racehorse Sea Biscuit.
Roosevelt's confession of illicit love affairs listed a Mrs. Robert Howard (February, 1944).
"How could anyone think he could mean me?" demanded Andrea Howard at her beautiful home in Palm Springs, California.
"There are lots of Mrs. Robert Howards. If Roosevelt means me, it just has to be a fabrication."
Mrs. Howard, now mother of four children, went on:
"When my darling husband read the papers, he said to me: 'But I didn't know you were a Democrat.'
"Actually, you know, I'm not. I'm a Republican," she added.