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The end of the cruise l Steve Early characterized the 
general feeling of all hands in these three sententious words s 
11 Home , W or k , 11 or ry I f! 
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The Presidential Detachment, at 1306, pa sed the 
channel entrance buoys and proceeded into Pensacola Harbor . At 
1I30 
-L406*, the Houston anchored off the Naval Air Station, to be boarded 
immediately by Secretary McIntyre and the Press % At the same time 
a White House Mail Pouch was placed aboard together with several 
sacks of mail for the ship® 
disintegration of the Presidential Party began almost 
immediately when, about 1430, Fred Adams (accompanied by Lieutenant 
LeHardy) left the ship# 
The Commander-in-Chief completed his press conference 
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about 1440 and immediately thereafter cleared up the bits of 
official mail which had been received® Meanwhile the McDougal 
had moored alongside, and at 1700, the President and remaining 
members of his Party embarked on that vessel which immediately 
unmoored and proceeded to the dock at the Naval Air Station* 
?, A11 good things come to an end !? says an old adage I 
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On this note of regret ended the Presidential, disembarked from the 
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McDougal and entered his waiting car for commencement of his tour 
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of inspection, with Washington the ultimate desi^4a,ti^» on the 
forenoon of August 12th, 1933® 
