Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-28
secretary A,nAty st Ills Desk

the president should see n memorandum Is sent
reading something like this:
The president may be interested in this edi-
torial from the -. l invite your attention
particularly to the underscored paragraph"
Or a delegation may call at the executive
offices seeking the presidents aid In some project.
such as the adjustment of Il labor dispute. The
story Is heard by Tumulty and briefed by him in
Il note for the president. Sometimes the memo
randum is merely one Of recital: again the Sec
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
sible, illustrates the departure from the peace
time routine Of the White House. and the ex-
traordinary 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 a
program which reads like routine. Here Is q
sample day:
Arises Z II. m.
Eats breakfast at 8 a. m.
Goes horseback riding with DR.. Cary 7. Gray.
son, now Il rear admiral by the presidents ap-
pointment, or gOlfng with Mrs. Wilson or Doctor
Grayson.
Returns to the White House after recreation
of an hour or so.
Dictates to Charles Sven, his personal stenog-
luluSIs uAllt eNNbh u q
Fills an appointment or two before lunch.
Takes lunch ut / p. IN.
Fills other engagements and dictates again.
Goes automobiling late in the afternoon.
Attends n theater once or twice a week.
That might seem like an easy day to Il 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.
Enp 1Nof0nnn fhnr0 VyNC a fImn rnCnNfIv WnQ0
the president had before him all these major
troubles Mt once:
The Goethals-Denman shipping board row that
was hating the construction Of ships to combat
the German submarine menace and to feed the
allied armies on the battlefelds Of Europe.
A reorganization Of the purchasing and con.
tracing system Of the council of national de-
tense. In this war 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 as legis.
lntion absolutely essential for the successful con.
duct Of the war.
The determination Of a 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 ut wal. +,
Appointments to All vacancies In the Interstate
ommerc commission.
Complaints Of questionable, utterances Of Ger!
tain German-American and other publications
concerning tho 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 . president Of the
United S~tates-patronage rows, applications for
executive clemency, requests for interview, pro
tests against pending legislation, ~factional wran-
giles within the PARTY, demands for action con.
cssning race riots and industrial troubles. ~