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has gone amiss and in a quiet way
offers his aid.
It was the writer's privilege last
year to watch him through the great
er part of the last two sessions OF
Congress. and the impression that he
created was that he was studying
conditions that would arise at some
future date, SO that when they arose
he would have an understanding OF
them. His quick grasp of all the
details of the many questions that
have confronted him in the month
and a few days that he has been
President bears out the impression
that he created at that time.
The President is, as he always has
been, extremely solicitous as to the
welfare of the men who served their
country during the last war. and his
very recent conference with Gen.
Hines of the Veterans Bureau
showed that he would insist upon
the men receiving every aid that the
government could render.
When 1t is time for him to receive
some of the visitors who have come
to Washington he greets them cor
daily, but not effusively. He is gen.
timely glad to see them. but he does
not gush over them and no doubt
they appreciate his honest handshake
more than they would the theatrical
greeting that some of the politicians
would extend IL they were in the
Presidents place.
You hear the spokesman OF dele
CATION invite him to come to the
town the party is from. Part OF the
invitation may come from the heart.
No doubt, at the instant. it does, but
| there Is also slightly selfish motive.
for IL the President OF the United
States can be induced to come to the
sneakers home town, he will. natu-
rally, be the host and will talk about
how he took care Of the President
He will talk about it for the rest Of
his life.
It Is true that 1t is right and proper
for the head Of the nation to make
trips to different parts OF the country.
but the citizens of this great land
| should realize that II they want the
President to be in such physical shape
that he may serve them. they must
| not make the trip burdepsome jour
ney. Every one who has read any
thing about any President is anxious
to see him, and when he Is speeding
across the great reaches OF the coun-
try in the dead of night, they should
not expect him to grab pair OF blan-
kets, slip them over his sleeping gar.
ments, run to the back platform of the
train and wave at them. at the rate of
slxty miles an hour. Neither should
the people in the large centers expect
| him to be on parade every minute of
| the time he Is in their city. Neither
should he be called upon to make
dozen or more speeches a week, for
any speech that is worth while takes
time in it's preparation. and the head
of the nation, when he Is in Washing
ton. has other things to do than to be
sitting on the back porch thinking UP
nice things to say about the new
water works just installed, or the new
building that is higher than any of
the others in nearby towns. There is
such q thing as expecting too much
of eur Presidents, and If we want
them to live and to work for US, we
will have to give them the time in
which to perform the lahcrs we ex-
pect.
r>oR those who are not aware as to
T. how the news gatherers at the
White House obtain the information
for their stories, 1t is perhaps best to
say that they write out their ques-
tions and these are submitted to Mr..
Coolidge. II is permissible to say that
he insists that the queries be sent in
to him some minutes before he re-
ceives the scribes. This is done. TO
doubt. because he wants to take time
to study each question, so that II he
thinks 1t is the proper time to answer
IL he can do so in such q manner as to
leave no doubt In the mind OF the
cuestioner aa to Just what the answer
means. There is no loose talk and
nothing that can be miscenstrued. The
answers are direct. Now and again