Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-02
New Attorney General
Is Lincoln Type Of Man
JOHN GARBALDI SARGENT OF
LUDLOW. VT, GETS ON JOB
AT PRESIDENTS CALL
BY Robert Fuller

baldi Sargent OF Ludlow, VT, is the
Abraham Lincoln type He stands 6
feet 6 inches tall He has a wide rug
ged forehead and an intelligent brow
His personal appearance is that OF a
well-dressed man-but never in his
life has he been accused of being a
fashion plate. He seldom wore an over
coat when in the daily, rounds on his
native heath-the sudden appoint
ment to the national post by Presi
dent Coolidge, brought into his life
the third top-coat that he has ever
owned or worn.
reader about the man, John Sargent
He wears a size IA shoe.
He smokes pipe-clay, corncob or
briar.
His favorite sport is pitching horse
shoes.
And he must have, pie for break
fast pumpkin preferred.
"Just the usual Vermont family, |"
said both the Acknowledgement and
Mrs, Sargent when the quiet and
peacefulness of their every day home
life in the small town of Ludlow was
suddenly and Unexpectedly interrupt
ed by the news from Washington that
the President had turned to his home
state for a cabinet choice. Pleased,
yes, both of them-but the honor fail
ed to excite them, nor did the pros
poets of living in Washington bring
any great thrill They had been happy
always in Ludlow-to Ludlow they
will return when they have helped a
fellow Vermonter finish the job of
running the government.
The Sargent Policy
The Acknowledgement has many per
sonal views all broad and liberal He
has ever INDUCED the greatest toler-
ance in matters pertaining to the per-
sonal liberties of his fellowmen. How
ever, he has always planted himself
firmly on the ground that laws should
be obeyed however prospective they
may bean this, he says, will con-
tinue to be his policy as Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States. =
In his youth, the Attorney General
was quite an athlete, playing football
and baseball on school and college
teams Now however, his play mo-
ments are spent trying for ringers"
with horse-shoes.
The failure of the Senate to con-
firm the appointment of Warren Of
Mich, to the post as Attorney-Gene
al and the sudden right-about-face of
the President in quickly picking Mr..
Sargent for the post; the quick vote
of the Senate confirming the choice,
and his sudden calling to Washington,
brought into the life of the Vermonter
several new experiences with sud-
denness that almost startled him.
Meets "Man at Arms
No sooner had Mr.. Sargent arrived
at the White House, than Col Starl.
ing of the White House Secret Ser
vice force was assigned as a personal
body guard. His first day in Washing
ton he started on round of personal
and official calls to be accompanied
everywhere by Col, Startling. 1t was a
rather Mark Twain situation, from the
new Attorneys Generals point of view.
He jokingly remarked that inasmuch
as he had been taking care of him
self all his life, he wondered why at
this late day it was necessary to have
a imam at arms" at his heels. He was
glad however to have the Colonel as
a guide in his getting about.
About that pie for breakfast, the
Acknowledgement says it's always been
done in their family and that it is
his chief weakness. Asked as to what
kind of pie Nas his favorite, he said:
Personally, I lean little to pum-
pkn, but I'll frankly confess that pies
of all description and whatever their
component parts always met
with my favor. From my early boy
hood I have eaten and enjoyed it most
at breakfast. The times that it has
been omitted from the ,Sargent's break
fasts are few and far between"
And Mrs. Coolidge saw to it that
pie was on the breakfast menu at the
White House while he was a guest
there.