young doctors to the chief of staff, helen hooper, was the wife of lathrop brown, fdr schoolmate at grotonand his apartment maid at harvard. fdr had served, at best as best man at the hooper brown wedding, and lathrop had done likewise for franklin and eleanor in 1905. dr. hightower's unknown archive first revealed in fdr in masks, provides rock solid that he began treating fdr. he was governor of new york shortly before that fateful, which likely involved surgical treatment of the president elect. vinson had written dr. heider to tell him, quote, for obvious reasons on this particular trip, it will be absolute essential to have a member of your particular profession on board. and i don't know of anybody who would in as well as you. a stunning, handwritten postscript added, quote, our primary preliminary trip will have to be kept under the hat until our principal guest gives out, unquote, another. previously on unknown letter from dr. heider to his is the best eyewitness record of his intimate friendship with fdr and astor, as well as the events surrounding the attempt. heider and vincent,