this was all about roderick and a nothing to do with winning or losing money. we are fortunate that two of his staff are still living. mre may 11 -- eight of the 11 trip to the president to key west. he says when they boarded the plane's in washington they threw $50 into the pot. during the month, the banker went take that part of the winnings so they ran back -- out of money, the banker advanced more money. it was about, rotary and not winning or losing money. -- camaraderie. president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he felt he was constantly under everyone's eye and silly coming to key west he could come of this closest staff, let down his hair, and sometimes some of the staff of other beers grew for a couple of days. they certainly at times used off-color stories and they concert may have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. we know for a fact that president truman shared his decision not to run for reelection with this closest staff sitting at this table. for the next six months, not one person leaked the story. he had shared that information w