New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

'N'ie NoN''i 6o III Aoi tiIdt nv" hS takes only moderate exercise with out an electric horse or any other mechanical contrivance.
 His Business Day
 His working day runs from 9 a. m. 10 6:30. He smokes an after break fast cigar. large and fairly expen- sive, and walks through to the eX- ecutive office. There he is awaited by George Akerson. his large. genial secretary. with such mail as is deem- ed to merit his attention.
 Between 9 and 10 he dictates and confers with his secretaries. Then come his callers-and there have been many of them pouring in during Hoover's first month as presi- dent. All. of course, are seen by ap- pointment. At 12:30 the president leaves his office for lunch. which is not elaborate, but substantial and us- ually includes chop. a small steak. cold cuts, hearty salad or some such matter. He has changed his diet in he White House only by restricting it little more closely.
 Hoover is back at his office by 2:3o or earlier. ready to receive cabi- net members and other officials who consult him about current problems By o'clock he is again dictating or studying problems which the day has presented.
 Between 6:30 and 7:3G dinner hour he is likely to be found listening to the radio. He enjoys the music and listens to what he considers impor- tant speeches. He does not like comedy, of the monologue or dia- logue variety. at all.
 Reads Self To Sleep More than likely. there will be guests at dinner-either a cabinet member or personal friend, who will find a roast of meat or fowl be- fore them. Hoover doesn't go in for fancy delicacies, preferring the plain and wholesome fare. The family subsequently, adiourns to the library and the president retires to his bed chamber at about 10:30, to read him. self drowsy with book. They are not all detective stories, partly be- cause Hoover can't find enough good ones and partly because he likes other types of novels.
 That is the regular routine of the Hoover day, but it is naturally va ried by both the scheduled and the unexpected. Two days a week there is a morning cabinet meeting. Twice a week the president has his press conferences, at noon Tuesday and o'clock Friday. Twice a week, also, he receives the long lines of visitors who have written authorization from congressman 10 shake his hand.
 Whenever Hoover finds wastcful on-essentials of any kind he seeks to eliminate or curtail them. h. scad of having public handshaking hour every day he restricts this to twice week and may halve that schedule. It is explained that he would rather do all his handshaking for the week at one time and get it over with.
 Plans Few Speeches
 He believes presidential speeches should be important and plans to make only three or four year. The time required for their preparation rather than that needed for travel and delivery influences him in that respect.
 On Sunday the Hoovers attend Friends Church and in the afternoon generally drive through the nearby Maryland or Virginia countryside. There arc always guests fer Sunday evening dinners and they're always old friends or neigh bors. such as the Harlan Stones, the Vernon kelloggs or the Mark Sullivans. At these din- ners the president departs entirely from tormality.
 Hoover has always been surround cd by close clique Of aides and ad- visers-his subordinatcs officially or otherwise in most cases. He made a choice collection of them in the old Belgian relief and food administra- ton days. He already has four sec- retarics and may possibly add more. each with a separate and distinc: task. Besides the various persons already mentioned in this story his intjmatcs include Mark Requa, the oil man: Edgar Rickard. the mining engineer: Postmaster General Wal ter r. Brown and Harry Robinson and John Griffin Mott of Los An- gclcs.
 These and others have always been devoted followers and servants of the man whom most of them call the Chief"
 And although Hoover is now presi. dent of the United States. as they always wanted him 10 be, he prcserv- es the close contact.