The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-11
PRESIDENT BURDENED WITH
 HUNDREDS OF PETTY PLEAS
Office of Chief Executive Is "Schoolhouse " O
 Courtesies, Where Grievances Are Heard.

WASHINGTON, May II. - History fails to record in the many volumes entitled Lives of the Presidents one factor that serves to make their l Hives" jumpy with annoyance. This factor Che, or she or it, as the case may be( is that of the burden-b bearers who daily, and often nightly, back into the White House, there to lit earlly dump" their burden onto the shoulders of the Chief Executive. More woes and petty griefs are con- signed to the President, often by special delivery and more often by personal delivery, than fall to the lot of the most pestered men of the nation.
 They run in from all walks of life. Many have legitimate burdens to un- load. Some appear to be under the impression that the way in which to win the Presidents immediate favor is to permit him to incline his ear to personal griefs. The President lends a sympathetic ear 10 all and seldom fails to offer a welt-phrased consolation or an assurance that "pronto" consideration will be given the complaint The complaint passes out one door and then Pat McKenna, guardian angel (without wings) calls out "Next!" and another "wr0nged citizen" marches in to lay before the President the collected fragments of varied grievances long endured. DELEGATION sOOTHED
 Not long ago a New Jersey delega- ton appeared at the White House and presented a petition demanding reinstatement of an official who had been removed from a lesser post in official life on the ground that he was victim of politics. The delega- tion was soothed and told that tho President was engaged at that mo- ment and that their petition would he presented to the President that same day. Unaupeased bys the suaye and kindly administering of soft words from the lips of Pat McKenna, the delegation swore before the seven gods of Tarquin and HoratiUs at the Bridge that they would not leave Washington until they had seen the President in person and presented their grievance in their own mimi table way, They were still in town at last reports.
 A woman politician whose hobby in life appears to be that of collecting and presenting petitions recently in vaded the Executive precinct of "the mansion on the west end of the avenue and, well-kn0Wing from eX- perience, cUlled from years of peti- tion-p presenting, that she was going to encounter questioning and cross examination if she tried to put her petition through the regular channel, chose instead to stand in the visitors line and shove the petition into the Presidents hand when it came her turn to salute him. Secretary Chris tain later squinted at the petition, sighed in the key of low ID" and sent the bulky document over to the De- partment of Justice, where it be- longed.
 CONGREsSMEN ARE OFFENDERS Congressman are among the worst offenders-in fact, the majority of them are incorrigible. They are more readily forgiven, however, for, after all it is their task to watch out for the welfare of their constituents. That is, if they intend, at the same time, to watch out for themselves.
 The imposing list of appointments on the Presidents daily schedule would suggest conferences with many great personages. But few are fooled with the imposing list. It usually is that some Senator finds it incumbent upon himself to present in person to the President MT. and Mrs. John Doe and their four little Does, who have come all the way J from ''Homeville' to shake hands
 with President Harding and to in spect Government machinery as she machinates in the National Capital.
 In addition to special visitors pre-.
 sented by Senators and other high
 Government officials, there is the l ~,o1oo1y oh ,,oob;1iuae