New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
PRESIDENT LIKES
 BEING PRESIDENT
Hoover's Campaign Nerves Gone
 Works With Great Fest
By Rodney Butcher
 NEA Service Writer

Washington, April 3. P}-No Am erican citizen was ever more pleased with new job than President Her bert Hoover.
 It is just a month since March 4 when he took over his new job and he is working at 1t with joyful zest and a serene contidence-as if a mans worries ended, rather than merely began, after his inauguration
 The man in the White House is a Hoover very different from the Can didate Hoover of last fall. Candi date Hoover seemed rather a ner- vous person. His gaze was shifty and more often than not was settled on the region of his belt. He spok4 ierkily and, in the presence of groups seldom appeared at ease. Many thought he was easily frightened by adverse political developments.
 President Hoover isn't like that al all. President Hoover keeps his chin in the air. He speaks easily and smoothly, with a tinge of confident aggressivencSs The old statement that Hoover was "timid' is not heard any more.
 Changes But Little
 That is the noticeable change .n Hoover during his first month in of fee. Otherwise he has not changed at all His duties are not the same, but his routine and habits of life are identical. And he has stepped into the duties-one of his secretaries says-"as if he been president all his life.''
 Hoover has probably had lis mind indirectly on the presidency for the past eight years But while he worked and lrcttcd he also plan- ned and studied He male the De- partmcnt of Commerce Nitally im- portant arm of the government. And at the same time he kept himself fully informed on inc maIor dones- tic and international problems with which a president must deal. lie was often accused of batting into the affairs of other departments.
 Thus a bright new set Of Hoover policies" was ready for prompt ap- plication when he became president and Hoover lost no time in apply ing them. The fact that tltoy have been applied 10 such diverse mat tcrs as oil. publicity, income tax re- turns, yachts, horses, prohibition en- forcemcnts and Mexican revolutions indicates the wide range of his past study and thought.
 Everything Is News
 There must, however, always be certain new conditions inherent to the presidency and bound to annoy any new president. Try as he may, Hoover will be unable to avoid the glaring spotlight of national popu- lar interest. His slightest motion IS today a matter of news; only lnge- unity can keep it secret flGura- lively speaking, inc White House IS virtually a house of glass.
 A year ago Hoover might have tossed a medicine ball with Tom lief lin in the middle of the street and few would have noticed. Today any news IIDtoEl piI'i NbiAh tol'' '''' right eye for a picture of the Hoo- yer medicine ball cabinet in action and. if properly staged, the spccta- cle would fll Madison Square Garden every night for a year. If the presl- dent displays interest in anything at all. the fact automatically becomes news.
 Rises At O'clock
 Today the world knows that he rises at a, m, takes deep brcalhS in front of an open window, losses the medicine ball with Dr. Joel IT.. Boone. Justice Stone, and other friends and breakfasts at about s o'clock on an inVariable fare Of citrus fruit. scrambled eggs and bacon and coffee. And he slaves himself with a safety razor.
 His friends call him the most ad- Unstable man in the world, but h2 follows the same old regular rou- 1inc Of personal habits. Going from place 10 place he has nearly always preferred riding 10 walking and al though he often takes briefs walks in the White House grounds these aren't long enough to be called cNer- else. Filled with nervous energy Hoover feels that while a man is walking he might be doing some thing moro important-andi if he is going somewhere, riding is quicker
 During the stress of the campaign .,.1,- I hi t,-1i n ,r boasts that the candidate iinally was able 10 lie on his back and touch the floor with his toes by putting his feet over his head. But the presi-