Show roosevelt ziss raises sot son 0 j on the evening of his return to new york city from miami florida friday february 17 the president elect franklin D roosevelt visited the masonic temple 71 west twenty third street where in architect lodge no his son elliott received the degree a of f master mason to in a class with other candidates harry gustav A klein and william hosper with the distinguished guest as he passed through a cordon of police to the entrance of the temple was qua gus gennerich a mason and a former ne new w york city bicycle policeman who was his personal bodyguard while be was governor of new york escorted by a delegation of masons from the foyer foier to the anteroom of the I 1 lodge chambers the president elect I 1 clothed himself with a white lambskin apron and entered the spacious room where he was warmly greeted by over 1500 masons the doors were closed and the lodge having been duly tiled was as guarded by two near the close of 0 the ceremony mr roosevelt officially performed the rite in the language of the cratt craft of raising elliott elleott roosevelt to the sublime degree of master mason at the conclusion of the ceremony mr roosevelt was introduced to the lodge meeting by christopher C grand master for the grand lodge of new york in responding to the introduction he said among other things that fraternalism in this country Is a great bulwark in times like these and in dark hours freemasonry stands tor for loyalty to country fidelity to ideals and faith in god which are things needed at this time among those present at the ceremony was robert W bruce a member of the scottish rite bodies of washington D C and senior warden of sagamore lodge no new york city |