Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-27
WILSON ENJOYS
QUIET AND REST
President Maps Out Plan
for Work as Well as
Pleasure
CONSIDERS NAMES
FOR RESERVE BOARD
Will Probably Make Draft
of Anti TRUST Address
While Aloloos ,p,, !oa!d

Pass Christian, Miss, Dec. 26--
President Wilson today mapped out a
program OF recration for his visit here
he Will sleep at least nine hours each
night, the quota he had hoped to get
but often has missed. After breakfast
he will motor to the Mississippi
Country club, thirteen miles away, for
game of golf with his physician. Dr..
Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N. At noon he
will dispose of whatever important let
ters or kilograms may reach him from
the white house and after luncheon
will take an automobile ride with his
family, followed perhaps by long
walk. The president plans to spend
the evenings reading With this pro-
portion OF rest and exercise he hopes
to get back to vigorous health again.
To Work Out Two Plans.
While the president will do little
OFF, cal work, there at present are two
things uppermost in his mind-the
selection of members of the federal
reserve board and the writing of a
special address to congress on the re-
lations Of the government to big busi-
ness and the trusts.
OF the choice Of members of the
board, which will put into operation
the new currency system there is lit
tie possibility that the president final
ly will decide on any individuals while
he is here. He will add to his tenta-
tive list names which occur to him
from time to time Through cor
respondence with close friends he will
start inquiries concerning the qualifi-
cations Of those considered. 1t Is Writ
ually certain the president will use the
same sitting process he used when
selecting cabinet members, carefully
scrntinizing their previous affiliations.
When the president returns to Wash
ington he probably will confer with
| cabinet advisers and friends regarding
the personnel Of the board. Those
closely associated with the president
believe there will be no nominations
until the full sixty day period allowed
by the law for the selection has about
expired.
Will Draft Address.
The president probably will make a
rough draft Of his antitrust address
which he will later submit to leaders
in the campaign. Injection into the
trust situation of what the administra.
ton regards as a growing desire on
the part of business men to cooperate
with the government in reorganizing
| their companies to conform to the
Sherman law, it is virtually certain
will be dwelt on by the president.
| Those who conferred with Mr.. Will.
son before he left Washington drew
! encOllra cement from the ultimate
establishment of an interstate trade
| commission to comply with requests
| for information made by business cen.
| Germs desiring accurate details Of what
| the Sherman law permits or prohibits
, While such a commission would not
| be given regulatory powers, it would
| constitute a bureau Of information and
| investigation over which it's advocates
| intend the commissioner of corpora
tions should preside. It would assist
the courts in carrying out DEGREES of
dissolution, by observing whether each
decree actually is put into effect.
To Discuss Recent Phase.
This is one Of the phases of the trust
question which in the light of recent
developments is considered quite like
ly to be discussed by the president in
his address. The president has told
friends he will deliver the address i'm
mediately after the holidays
1t is probable it will be read on Jan
| uary 19, about week after the presi
dent has returned to the white house
and canvassed the subject thoroughly
with his official family.