Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
secretary M'srl1ltr stM Ills Desk

the president should memorandum is sent
reading something like this
The president may be interested in this edi-
toral from the -. l invite your attention
particularly to the UNDERSIGNED paragraph"
Or delegation may call at the executive
Offices seeking the presidents aid in some project,
such as the adjustment of a labor dispute. The
story is heard by Tumulty and briefed by him in
a note for the president Sometimes the memo
randum is merely of recital; again the
rotary will suggest that the earnestness of the
delegation and the story presented might justify
a statement of the administrations attitude.
The memorandum system used whenever pos
sibe, illustrates the departure from the peace
time routine of the White House, and the
traOrdnary methods used to save the president
time, worry and strength. 1t is found absolutely
essential.
The wartime days work of the president is
one of momentous performances embodied in Il
program which reads like routine. Here is
sample day:
Arises Z a. m.
Eats breakfast at n.
Goes horseback riding with DR.. Cary T. Gray
son, admiral by the presidents APP
pointment, golfng with Mrs. Wilson Doctor
GraysOn
Returns to the White House after recreation
of an hour
Dictates to Charles Sven. his personal stenog-
rapher. until Sven has bOokful.
Fills an appointment two before lunch.
Takes lunch ut l p.
Fills other engagements and dictates again.
Goes automObiling late in the afternoon.
Attends theater once twice a week.
That might seem like an easy day to a man
who plows from sunrise to sunset. But it's the
in-between worries that count and cause the
president to need every minute of rest he can
take.
For instance. there a time recently when
troubles at once:
The Goehals-Demman shipping board that
was halting the construction of ships to combat
the German submarine menace and to feed the
allied armies on the k5ttlefields of Europe.
A reorganization of the purchasing and con-
tracing system of the council of national de-
Tense. In this the contracts of this govern
ment will run into billions of dollars and the
president is directly or indirectly responsible for
the wise expenditure of enormous sums.
Insurrection in congress against the food con-
troll bill. which the president regarded legis-
lation absolutely essential for the successful con-
Guct of the war.
The determination Of n policy regarding the
exemption of government clerks and Others
drafted for service in France.
Price fixing steel coal and other articles to
be used in great quantities by the United States
while at
Appointments to fill vacancies in the interstate
commerce commission.
Complaints of questionable utterances of GER
tain German American and other publications
concerning the raising of an army, conscriptOn
and other governmental policies.
Add to these troublesome questions of ma Or
Importance the thousand and one little things
that skip the desk of president of the
United States-patronage rows. applications for
executive clemency. requests for interviews. pro-
tests against pending legislation. fractional wran-
giles within the party. demands for action con-
corning race riots and industrial troubles, the