Evening star., 1913-10-31
G.. P. 0. EMPL0yE !
FEARS FOR HIS lob
Shows Presidents Wife
Through Office Without In
forming Chief.

The desire on the part of Mrs Wilson.
wife of the President TO be democratio
and TO be treated las any other citizen
proved costly 10 one OF the employees OF
the government printing office, II was
learned today
Mrs. Wilson yesterday afternoon jour
neyed to the government printing ONCE
When she entered the building she was
met by III. L. Terry, one OF the messen-
gers AT the door. who also acts as guide.
According 10 the story told by Terry,
Mrs. Wilson gave him her name, and he
at once desired to notify the public
printer. SO that the official might do the
honors OF the printing Office himself. Bur
Mrs. Wilson, according to Terry, in
sisted that she should be treated just a.
any other visitors to the big print shop
and be shown over the plant without dis
turbing the public printer.
So Terry showed her over the building.
and the public printer was never the
wiser for her being there until he learned
after she had left the building that the
Presidents wife had been a guest OF the
printing office without his being informed
of it.
Terry was told that he had committed
breach of discipline One story had IT
this morning that Terry had been dis
missed from the service forthwith.
Public Printers Statement.
Public Printer Ford this afternoon de-
MED that Terry had been removed from
the service. He admitted, however. that
Terry stood a very good chance os bein0
denoted for breach of discipline.
Until / have all the facts In the mat
ter I cannot say what will be done In the
case of Terry. said Mr. Ford. THE
matter will be thoroughly investigated.
The rules demand that when any distin-
guished visitors, such as the wife of the
President. calls at the printing Office. the
public printer shall be notified. IL is only
right that when so distinguished visitor
calls at one of the government depart
ments or bureaus that the head OF that
department should be informed so that
he may show the visitor the courtesies OF
the department or bureau.
Terry. fearing that he would lose his
position or be denoted. called this morn
| ing upon his influential member OF Con
! gress and told his story. This member o.
Congress immediately got in communica-
| tion with the public printer. and promised
| to carry the matter to the White House,
| should Terry be removed or denoted. In
| fact. he made an appointment for this
| afternoon at the White House.
| Terry could not be located by a re-
| porter for The Star this afternoon but
the member of Congress said he had in
| formed him that his father had recently
and that if he should lose his position
he would be in desperate circumstances.
Visit to Post Office Recalled.
1t is also learned that Mrs. Wilson some
time ago made visit to the mail bag re-
pair establishment of the Post Once De-
partment, where she observed the work
on dirty and insanitary mail bags return
| ed to the department. She was greatly
| impressed. it is said, with the necessity
for better sanitary conditions there re-
| specting both female and male employees.
The information she acquired was to
the effect that the work In this estab
| lishment is such that tuberculosis and
| other diseases make headway. and hen
feeling for humanity probably will lead
j to betterment of conditions. to tho
qualification of the many employees.
| Mrs. Wilson's work I'm the departments
| and elsewhere In Washington since sha
came here has been directed to improve
| ing conditions surrounding the work OF
woman employees, human suffering have
! ing always appealed to her, and on these
/ subjects she is said to be fnsistent Oh
changes when she talks with the Prssia
| dent.