The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-06
AMERICA PAYS HER PRESIDENT WELL BUT
 ITS NO SINECURE
Salary of $75,OOO Not Only sti- pend but Job Is Worth
 All He Gets.

Now that new chief executive has taken office, 1t may be of interest to know what the nation pays the man 1t places in the President chair Of course, it is generally known that the salary of the President of the United States is ,O0O year, but this is far from being the entire remuneration of the man who occupies the White House President Harding will receive many other emOluments i'll addition to his sal ary. According to the Washington Star, the following are among the re- wards and COurtesies Uncle Sam now gives the person who IS elected as chief executive of the nation:
 A salary of $75,OOO a year. Another $25,OOO for travelling expenses. A home on which the attention of the world IS focused. Furnishings and maintenance, complete for this house. A private room in the Capitol building. A flock of the finest automobiles American factories can produce, and an electric car for the first lady of the land. A private detec- tive force. A force of 50 policemen to guard the house and grounds. A private art gallery. A score of greenhouses, to keep the White House decorated and provide plants and blooms for dinners and receptions. A private yacht. A pri- vate train-Whenever the President wants Ii. The best brass band in the world. A flag that no one else may use. A per sOnal physician. Naval and military personal aides. A social secretary for the mistress of the White House, who is social leader of the country A daily newspaper, prepared for him alone. A complete retinue-the best private secre- tary he can find, a man to keep track of he l,:c mail, one whose special duty it Is to keep 'Cranks' from getting to the President a barber, a disbursing officer to keep the White House accounts straight.
 In addition to these things, paid for by the people, the new President falls heir to many cOurteSies, such as:
 A private room at the railway station in the national capital. A private box at the thcater, specially decorated in his honor. A specially reserved pew in whatever church he prefers. Member ship i'll the most exclusive clubs. Ideal izing reproduction of his features by portrait painters and sculptOrs Serv- ices of dentists, tailOrS, etc. as much as he may be willing to accept. Gifts of all sOrts-books, jeWelry, prize turkeys and hogs and pumpkins, bed quilts, and what not.
 bCI1lS lIc -n1-CInC1 OI IIe army and navy, he can get his larder filled at the army and navy commissary taking advantage of the reduced prices Then, too, he is generally the target for expert cooks, who send in pies and cakes, and proud growers, who send in fresh-killed live stock and poultry or fancy cured hams
 All III all, the man the voters of America choose to be the head of the na- tion is well taken care of. In fact, some of the courtesies shoWered upon him at times become burden When one thinks of the prize turkeys, hams, cakes and pies sent to the White House, and the many dinners and banquets he must at tend both in Washington and wherever he travels, he IS tempted to wonder whether one of the requisites of the man who aspires to become President must not be an unusually sound digestion.
 But there IS one thing not listed above, which every man who IS chosen President must necessarily receive something more valuable than all the money and luXuries combined This IS the faith and confidence of majority of the people of the greatest nation on earth. No greater honor can come to an Anerlcan-and no greater responsibility. But while the President must gain this confidence to reach the White House, it does not follow that he can retain 1t. This is the terrifying feature of this great gift-it is not always given per manenty. So no one need envy the President his salary, his fine home and many courtesics. He can keep them at best eight years-eight years of dealing with the most difficult governmental problems possible, and in the end, the greatest of all gifts may be taken away from him