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gled cameras and were swapping her
majesty in royal style when guards
appeared. She gladly posed. In parad-
ing the grounds magnifico With a
Stovepipe hat walked before her maj
esty and "Shooed' cameras of. In
waving his hand he almost scratched
him in this pose, and much to his
humiliation the picture was published.
THE longest feather ever planted in
IL the Capital cameraman's hat was
the decision by Judge Isaac r. Hit in
Police Court on February 3, 1925. The
jurist ruled that news photographers
are perfectly within their rights in TAX
ing pictures Of persons on the street,
and are justified in reasonably COM
batting efforts to thwart their attempts" ;"
The opinion came on the heels of a
cameraman'S arrest for photographing
two women in a higamy case. His
honor went so far as to compliment the
photographer on his reSourcefulneSS.
And what does the Chief Executive
say about the cameramen who keep
him before the eyes of the world? Mr..
President says, in effect, that pictures
speak where words stutter. His latest
utterance on the subject is this:
'"The work of the news photographer
has always been particularly interesting
TO me. I confess that when first discov-
cred myself among those whose pic
lures were frequently sought, the BUSH
ness Of being photographed so often
was more or less an embarrassment.
However, 1t soon became a matter of
routine experience, attended with no
Without
the work of news photographers is a
most useful part of the general task Of
presenting current news happenings in
the most interesting and attractive
fashion"
And every member of the Presidents
cabinet feels likewise.
As the most photographed individual
under the sun, it Is extremely necessary
that a President be acquainted with
what the photograph corps is about.
A tripodsman Is the only citizen who
may order Mr.. President to smile, sit
down, stand up or engage in converse
tion. He does this with impunity, be-
cause 1t Is the only way he can perform
the business at hand.
The White House has housed some
splendid talent for Photographic ac-
ton, notably Warren @. Harding and
Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.. Coolidge gives
tripodsmen q thrill when he shoots
traps Mrs Coolidge joins cameralnen
and shoots" the President with her
movie camera. The President has ruled
that no one may make photograph
of himself being photographed. He
believes it makes an awkward picture.
The First Lady Is an exception, of
course.
Another Coolidge policy implies that
the Presidents children must not be
subjected to the Photographic hmelight
of publicity.
As a rule the President is extremely
courteous. photographers charge at
him for close-ups and he stands his
ground unfiinchingly. If ordered to
Hold that pose, Mr.. President" he
complies. If asked to Shake hands
again, will you?" he follows the COM
mand.
ITOW he can remain unnerved by the
= = ordeal is something to talk about.
Sundays he is photographed going to
church. Monday morning he is snapped
shaking hands with the new Minister
to Liberia. After luncheon he receives
the walking delegation Of Salt Greek
Literary Guild, and at o'clock awards
johnnie medal for carrying OF honorS
In public loquacity.
News photographers engineered the |
Presidents appearance In cowboy chaps |
and Indian headdress. They even In |
duced him to crank a movie camera /
and HShot" him in the act. Some as |
trologers viii have it that Mr. President |
didn't choose to run again because he |
is tired Of being shot" Although Mr.. |
Coolidge may not be man Of photo |
graphic action, he holds the worlds
record for mileage in celluloid and |
agate lineage in newspapers. No man
was ever better preserved for future
historians.
For the past two or three years pho
togTaphers have been educating Mr.
Hoover to the routine of being photo
graphed. When he enters the White
House he viii know how and when to
obey tripodsman'S+ commands to
move hither, thither and about, shake
HANDS, talk or smile, as suits the occa-
sion. All Presidents have to learn the
routine, because cameramen are not
only implacable. they are more persist
eht than the most insistent job-hunter.
But the coming administration will
- fraught with other cares for the
public's eye pieces. While the Presi-
dent-elect and MRS. Hoover may con-
sent to photographs, they insist on re-
tanning the right to censor the finished
product. Photographs must first be
submitted to Mrs. Hoover before she
allows their publication. OF course, a
picture may be published without her
permission, but henceforth the defiant
cameraman viii be barred from the
privileged assembly which records the
faces Of presidential royalty.
News pictures, the cub cameraman is
told, or learns, may be divided into
aofA nj al
and scheduled. An accidental picture
may be thrust upon him by some act
of God. He may be a passenger on
train that is wrecked. II SO, instinct
prompts him to forget personal troubles
and TO ply his camera trigger. ALI dis
aSterS are claSSed as accidental pic
lures, and he must be prepared to dash
out any hour of the day or night. An
&ffair such as Inauguration of the
President gives scheduled picture.
Long In advance plans are made for
photographing and distributing pic
lures. of this event Photographs of
types of anticipated pictures.
For shutter Snappers and grinders
danger lies at arms length. Recently
a movie man hired pilot to fly him
over Mount Vesuvius so he could get
scenes Of the crater'S interior The
plane few so low that the pilot was
overcome by poisonous gases. The ship
staggered, then dropped into the heated
cauloron and vanished.
When word reached New York that
Lenin, Soviet dictator, had died the
film editor of news reel concern sent
John Doreb to cover the Socialists
funeral. Doreb's usual job was to cover
anything In Europe. A trip to Moscow
with camera and film was something
not as intriguing as regular assign
ment. How he crossed the border and
made his way to the red stronghold is
something that he alone knows but
probably won't tell
A bulky camera was useless baggage
in Russia those days. In the first place
there was a ban on taking pictures,