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Presidential hands grab sterling silver.

They husk a cylindrical object out of its maroon leather case.

Up it goes, twinkling in the light.

The Thank you. It is cracked open, split in half, and placed on the table.

The presidential eye roams the room peering at the figures assembled, then at the various potions at his disposal.

What shall it be? Three parts gin, one vermouth, a little fruit juice, a touch of rum,

a little Benedictine herbal liquor to puzzle them? A drop-up per node?

Did that last week.

A moment more than the decision is made.

Cool liquid through the Horthorn strainer.

And evenly into the glass.

And passed on to the lucky recipient of Franklin Roosevelt's presidential martini.

Legendary, mysterious, maybe not the strongest, but different every time.

But this meeting upstairs at the White House, July 11, 1944, was about more than just getting zoozled. It was serious talk. The events of this meeting would change history.

Present were Rob Hanigan, a chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Also, Ed Pauley, the treasurer of the Democratic Party, and Ed Flynn, Brock's Democratic

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