The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-22
secretary M',7l1Ifr 1T III, Desk

the president should IA memorandum is sent
reading something like this
The president may be interested in this ed-
torial from the l invite your attention
particularly to the underscored paragraph"
Or delegation may call at the executive
offices seeking the presidents aid in some project
such as the adjustment of 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 sec
rotary will suggest that the earnestness Of the
delegation and the story presented might justify
a statement of the ADMINISTRATORS attitude.
The memorandum system, used whenever pos
sibe. illustrates the departure from the peace
time routine of the White House. and the
traordinary methods used to the president
time. worry and strength. 1t is found absolutely
essential
The wartime days work of the president is
Of momentous performances embodied In
program which reads like routine Here Is
sample day
Arises a. m.
Eats breakfast at 8 a. m.
Goes horseback riding with DR.. Cary T. Gray
son, admiral by the presidents ap
pointment, golfng with Mrs. Wilson or Doctor
Grayson
Returns to the White House after recreation
OF an hour
Dictates Charles swem his personal stenos
rapher. until Sven has a bookful.
Fills an appointment or two before lunch.
Takes lunch at / p
Fills other engagements and dictates again.
Goes automobiling late in the afternoon.
Attends a theater once or twice a week.
That might like easy day to 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 was a time recently when
the president had before him all these major
troubles at once
The Goethals- Denman shipping board row that
hating the construction Of ships to combat
the German submarine menace and to feed the
allied armies the battlefelds Of Europe.
reorganization of the purchasing and
tracing system of the council of national de-
tense. In this the contracts of this govern
ment will into billions Of dollars, and the
president is directly indirectly responsible for
the wise expenditure of enormous sums.
Insurrection in congress against the food con-
troll bill. which the president regarded legs-
laton absolutely essential for the successful
duct of the
The determination of policy regarding the
exemption of government clerks and others
drafted for service in France.
Price fixing on 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, CONSUMPTION
and other governmental policies.
Add to these troublesome questions of major
importance the thousand and one little things
that skip across the desk Of q president Of the
United States-patronage rows. applications for
executive clemency, requests for Interviews pro-
tests against pending legislation, fractional wran-
gies within the party demands for action con-
corning race riots and industrial troubles. the