The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-25
PRESIDENT WORKS
BEHIND PREP" Lines
Frequently drops In" on Men IN
aa9eu in War Preparedness
should Phone In Advance.

European rulers have appreciated
liz IaG0m OF appearing at the bat
Tile front ana stimulating their
troops President Wilson can't go
To France but be can drive the war
machine here in person so thai
American troops and tn forces OF
the Entente Allies are vel! supported
behind the lines.
The President lately has set MIN
self d new means OF directing AmerI-
cas- wal program. He reCeN e. as us
Ial a. the v hitc House department.
executives ana administrators, mem
bers O Congress and others who
have III sent business with MIN. Dut
he also spends much time III visiting
he Ctlices of his subordiuates. No
one knows when the President Is
coming. He just drops in And the
interesting part of it has been that
on nearly every occasion thus far tn"
men on whom the President has <alI-
ed have not been at thei1 offices. 50
Lr Wilson has waited patiently
while private secretaries OF clerks
| telepnoned franticaily 10 other de
| partments or buildings to locate their
Chiefs
The ether day the President went
| TO the Munsey Building, where the
| Council OF National Defense has its
| Offices. He wanted to see Judge Lo-
vett. \ young man was talking on
| d telephone. His back was to the
| door as the President entered. He
| only half turned as d voice asked:
Is Judge Loyett in?"
No, he's gone to New York on the
| 1880 train" answered the young
man as he still kept the receiver TO
! his ear Without turning. The midi
viGdal at the door paused. The young
man at the telephone finally sw1veled
| around.
| Is this--is this the PRESIDENT"
he stammered and the telephone re-
ceiyer Went gathering to the floor as
if d high voltage had suddenly peen
sent through the wires.
| The President went 10 find Herbert
| Hoover, climbed five stories of the
Hotel Gordon, wound his way thru
maze of corridors and finally dis
covered that Mr.. Hoover was at an
| other department. But the Food Al
/ ministrator came back in few min
utes ii response TO hurry call.
! Mr.. Wilson drops in early and late.
He found the Secretary of War at
his desk al O'Clock !ast Saturday
night, ana remained there nearly
/ half an hour. He visited at nearly
/ 6 o'clock one afternoon recently the
Federal Trade Commission and talk
| ed about the cost Of coal production.
The Commission had moved all its
; furniture to another building, and
there We're just enough chairs to
I give the President seat with the
J Commission.
! The President calls in often at the
| Department of Justice; also at The
| State. War and Navy Building 10
keep in touch with the work of the
army and navy. He hasn't called on
! Secretary Lansing Yet. Some of the
/ Cabinet Secretaries have d way OF
! leaving their offices on Saturday aft
ernoons, also early on week days.
| Mr.. Wilson serves no notice in ad-
| vance, nor does ne say anything if
he finds his subordinates not at their
, desks. But if an itinerant boss is
about employees usually ind it
good thing to be around. That's the
effect of Mr.. Wilson's latest innova-
ton He's going 10 keep it up be-
cause he thinks ii is going to be a
time-saving device