Evening star., 1932-06-19


and valuable time
THIS is scheduled to end few minutes
before l o'clock Then the PreSi-
dents secretaries hasten in to make re-
ports on their activities of the forenoon.
They will, by this time, have had many
interviews, and quite a number of their
reports will be Of nature requiring the
Presidents decision. At lis the PreSi-
dent should be on his way to luncheon.
He may not be. of course, but that is the
schedule. If all goes we'll he will have
entertained his guests there are
nearly always guests, and naturally they
have matters of Importance to discuss
. . and will be back in his Office at
2:10 o'clock.
If there are no guests the President
gives only part of that time to lunch.
Those who must be at their posts when
he is at his Scamper away at a pace
which represents an earnest effort to run
without appearing to do so and, some
how, still retain their dignity For those
at the White House luncheons are Sketchy
affairs When there are no guests the
President will be absent Is or 20 minutes,
total elapsed time. On his return he will
be at work until Sis. That however, is
merely the schedule; sometimes he is
at work until 7. Again he follows his
custom of returning to the papers on his
desk before a visitor has passed through
the doorway. 1t is performance that
amaZeS all who witness it. There is no
apparent haste, no wrinkling of the
brow; he simply files the matter of the
interview in a convenient convolution of
the brain and returns to the business
previously in hand without seeming to
have been interrupted at all.
If he gets away from his Office at the
scheduled 6:15 the reward will be 80 or
even possibly 40 minutes of rest. He has
trained himself to fall asleep almost in
Stantly, and usually aWakes without being
called. Like most men accustomed to
these strenuous schedules, he also bathes
and dresses very quickly. A very short
time will see him through the shower
and into evening dress.
Dinner is served at 8 o'clock and he
rarely causes delay, because dinner is an
extremely important part of the days
work, guests numbering from a minimum
of to 20 or 30. It is here that mat
ters requiring too much time to be taken
up during the day are discussed. At the
conclusion of the meal Mrs. Hoover con-
ducts the ladies to drawing room and
the men 60 to Mr.. HoOver'S study. There
they will usually remain until about
10: 30 although midnight is not unusual.
When matters of the gravest Importance
are pressing the hour may be still later.
On the morning when Mr.. Hoover
arose at $50 o'clock to begin writing a
message to the Senate he had retired at
l. He had hoped to get away from
Washington on Friday afternoon for the
Decoration day week end and return
Tuesday, but too much important legis-
lation was pending.
He managed to leave at o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon returned from the
Rapidan camp Sunday evening, held con-
ferences until half-past midnight. was
in the office at $50 Monday morning as
usual, conferred that night with Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mills, Owen D.
Young, Democratic congressional lead
erS and others until nearly l o'clock,
arose at daybreak Tuesday, wrote his
message and gave it to the stenographers
at o'clock, attended a meeting of the
cabinet at 10 o'clock, sent word to the
Senate that he would appear at noon,
left the Office at HISS o'clock, read his
message at 1908 o'clock, returned to the
office and took up the routine of the day,
feeling fit, cheerful and energetic.
\ PPARENTLY he finds the necessary
mental relaxation in turning from
one subject to another, for certainly he
does not tire; nor does he find it i'm