1.) The walls of the White House were covered with paintings of past Presidents with Grant and Washington being the last and most recognizable. Both were war time leaders. FDR's office was decorated with models and paintings of sailing ships. Teddy Roosevelt (FDR's relative) was Undersecretary of the Navy before the Spanish American War. Also, the Navy suffered the heaviest losses in the Pearl Harbor attack. The conversation on the way to the meeting was about patriotic songs of the past and about how Teddy Roosevelt loved one of them, so much he used to sing it while taking a bath. The