The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
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THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED sTATEs

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THE UNITED STATES
It was bareback from a eighty
TOO anxious spring. There had been .
week of almost balmy Florida sunshine
and soft breezes. Golf links were
opened. Boat owners started getting
out paint and sandpaper and several
robins started off the early morning
with their beautiful songs.
BUT-the world awakened suddenly
to see solid sheet of white and it
continued coming down all day long,
covering everything in sight like a big,
clean sheet. School was dismissed ear
ly so that all the kiddies could make
their way home before dark, and for
once the storm was so great that even
Jack and Ruth preferred to stay in
the house, once they were there with
dry clothes and o hot supper.
Now the three pals, Ruth, Jack and
Uncle Ted, were gathered before the
big open fire, fireplace that only the
day before mother had Jack clean out
and make ready to desert until next
fall.
"Please tell US a story and let us
stay down here tonight to listen. -
teased Jack. It's cold upstairs and
anyway it IS more fun here.'
CAN right answered Uncle Ted.
"1'n tell You a story down here to-
night. I want to talk about the presi-
dent of the United States, not neces-
sarily President Coolidge, but any pres
ident. This is election year and we
should give some consideration to gov
ernmental problems. Few of us really
know just what the presidents IS Job is
and how great his responsibilities.
when we look in the Congressional
Directory we find the first thing listed
after the word Executiveo is UThe
White House, Pennsylvania Avenue,
Fifteenth and Seventeenth Streets,
Phone, Main 6.'' That is the correct
address of the home of the president
OF the United States-the man who
has more power and more responsible.
1ty than any other person in the world.
In fact, whoever that man navy be
he is the greatest ruler, if you can use
the word ruler, on the face of the
globe.
Yet, under our form of govern
ment, with its constitution, this man
must serve the people as any president
or head of big business might serve
his board of directors and stockholder era.
lie is the choice of the people through
the ballot box. A new president comes
into office and the old president goes
out with no trouble of any kind. All
abide by the result of the election.
You see the old dynasties, most of
which have erumbled long ago, were
created by force and when our new
system of government was launched
the rest of the world was quite sure it
would never succeed. The proof that
1t was sound has been shown throuph
all these years when we have had thir-
ty presidents and not one has ever
hesitated about stepping down and
making way for the next man. elected
by the people.
1.-THE greatest contrast offered by
the power of the president of the
United States and the man himself is
one of the most interesting things in
the politics of the world. Today we
lind man at the head of what has
almost become the capital of the world,
WHO only short time ago, at the
death of president Harding, took the
oath of office in a little farm house in
the Vermont hills, far from the rush
OF the world-the oath being given by
his own father, notary public, by
lamp light. And when this happened,
one of the presidents sons was work.
ing ON farm at the large wage OF
$3.50 day and he went right on work
ing. That is typical of our democracy.
''Let us look moment at some of
the duties our president must perform.
Congress makes our laws, but even he
fore that it is necessary for the presi
dent under the constitution to address
congress, telling the condition of the
nation and advising what laws be
passed. Then after the bills are passed
they cannot become laws until the