New Britain herald., 1926-09-22
COOLIDGE WANTED
 ID KEEP STORE
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(Continued from First Page) only few will ever see you. I sometimes think it should be q won derful thing if every citizen had a chance to sit down for a few min utes with his president just the way we are sitting here. They would
 ask a lot of questions"
 What sort of questions ?" the President asked.
 Just Human Questions Not political questions" I an swered. "They aren't half so much interested in politics as Washington thinks they are. But they are enormously interested in you and Mrs Coolidge. They would ask very human questions - friendly but curious and terribly frank
 What sort of questions?" he re- peated.
 well, for one thing, every single
 citizen would want to know, why haven't you come out to see us in
 our town?"
 The President pushed his felt
 hat back little and settled himself
 into the old green rocker. From
 that time on l interrupted only to
 contribute additional questions. He
 did the rest, and he seemed to be
 having a real good time.
 Job Requires Much Time
 Tt has not been possible for me
 to spend much time travelling
 around the country" he began. "The
 details of administration become
 greater and greater and require
 more and more time. The supervi-
 sion of the expenditure of nearly
 s4,00O,0O0,00 each year Is very
 large task. It is only few years ago that our expenditures were less than $500, 900. I have been told that when William C. Whitney was secretary of the navy under Cleve- land he was in Washington only sixty-five days during one year. Of course that would be impossible lloN, anu tlle SlOlS IIldy ipI bt lOi rect. Mir. Whitney had fine repu- tation as secretary and did much to lay the foundations of our present navy. But in his day, when the army and navy together were sup ported for about s50,000,000, he would have a good deal of leisure time which is not possible now. If l should leave Washington on ex- tended trips, it would not be pos sible for me to keep up the details of admistration."
 I thought of his annual journey up 10 the little village in Vermont. "There is one trip that you man. age to find time for every year." suggested.
 Back to the Old Town
 "You mean Plymouth" he smil- ed. That is different. Plymouth gives me something that l need in my work and can not get anywhere else. It is now 31 years since I left Plymouth 10 study law In North ampton. The people among whom l | was reared were of the kind that | make up the backbone of the na- tion. For some years I have lived 1 in much different surroundings and | in a very different atmosphere. But ! ] return there whenever l can so as to refresh my knowledge of how the l run of people in this coun- | try live. I do little work on the f. +, r was boy. I like to dispense with the kind of service that if is neccs- sary for me to have at the White House and wait on myself. If I find B strap Is broken, I like to get out the tools that are used by shoe makers and harness makers, make a waxed end, and repair it. I ike to do a little blacksmithing around what is left of our old shop, ny my hand again with the car oenter's tools, go out and repair the .ence where it is breaking down, md mend the latch on the kitchen ] GOT. Most people in this country do hese things themselves and do not lire them done. I want to keep in mind how people live and what it $ necessary for them to do to get dong and meet their bills out of heir ordinary income. My father md my people led that kind of a fife which is altogether natural and | It seems to me to be
 "A boy who grows up on the farm as a very close companionship with is parents" I said.
 The Parental Influence
 "Yes, and that is a great advan- ,ge, provided the boy has the right ort of parents. I had the right sort [ parents. My father had qualities lat were greater than any I possess. 6 was man of untiring industry 1 ad great tenacity of purpose. His l ng experience in local office gave 7 i'm a very broad and, I found, a ,ry accurate knowledge of law. He ( ways stuck to the truth. It al , avs seemed possible for him to ( rm an unerring judgment of men I Id things. I can not recall that l , -er knew of his doing a wrong r ing. I have no doubt he is repre- T ntative of a great mass of Ameri- n who are known only to their cal neighbors. Nevertheless they g really great. It would be diffi- 1t to say that he had a happy life. e never seemed to be seeking hap ness. He was firm believer in U Ird work. Death visited the fam 7 often. But I have no doubt he ok satisfaction in accomplish r ent and always stood ready to meet y