The US government was leaderless during the period of Woodrow Wilson’s recovery from his stroke, and even afterward, he showed signs of not thinking clearly.
Meanwhile, the prospects for Senate approval of the Treaty of Versailles evaporated in the face of Republican opposition and John Maynard Keynes’s unflattering account of Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference.
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Mark, This is amazing! My grandfather owned a home at 604 South Irving Boulevard in Los Angeles from 1920 to 1965. My father was raised at that home and I spent the first three years of my life there while my dad was overseas fighting in the Korean War. Do you happen to know the exact address of the Jenkins’ home as I would like to see it the next time I visit LA. Thanks, Bill Carpenter
The house was located at 641 South Irving, but the Jenkins house was demolished in 1957, so you won’t find it there today.