White House Christmas tree the White House of President William McKinley received letters urging the president to forgo participation in the "Christmas tree habit". The letter writers, which the "Chicago Daily Tribune" noted had taken up the "forestry fad", referred to "arboreal infanticide", according to the "Tribune". Those opposed to a tree in the White House that year also termed Christmas trees "un-American" because it was a historically German tradition. At least one tree was displayed in the White House that year, in the kitchen department, for the maids. The Nixon administration's choice of tree topper, the atomic symbol of peace rather than a
Franklin Pierce Buyer the construction and furnishing of a branch city hall in Watts, which was achieved during his term. "Access to the "Los Angeles Times" links requires the use of a library card." Franklin Pierce Buyer Franklin Pierce Buyer (1878–1963), who went by Franklin P. Buyer, was a traveling salesman who was on the Los Angeles City Council between 1933 and 1939. He was a Democrat. Buyer was born on October 23, 1878, in Edgewood, Illinois, the son of Mary Carter. He went to public schools in Browns, Illinois. He and his wife, Dorothy, were married on November 35, 1907, and they