The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-04
ROOSEVELT AT.
|EA;; MAY STOP
An BAHAMAS
s,;ls for Tropical Waters
On Board Vincent
Astor's Yacht
Is BEGINNING 10
DAYS VACATION

uCESONEILLE, Fla, Feb. l..
|rp.--PreSident-elect Roosevelt
.,;I.l today for a Today rest in
,.,,i,,I waters aboard Vincent
l ST Yacht. the Nourmahal. lie
49, ~, ooing 70 Cuba but may stop
few hours in the Bahamas.
,RoAPD ROOSEVELT SPE-
raj En- ROUTE JACKSON
| IIIE, Fla. Feb. 4.-(UP).-
p..asiJapt-elect Roosevelt put cab
-. cares behind him last night
!, bs en,rained for Jacksonville,
:, where he will board a yacht
|, nIgy for 4 Today cruise through
r,irsouen,ed southern seas.
determined to seek solitude and
,ssatior before he assumes Of
| srs IN 4 month. Mr.. Roosevelt
n,,,sS 70 devote his time to fish
e and reading with an occasional
y5,E period on 4 list of appoint
-s,,s he must make to various
federal commissions Immediately
| after March /.
Ne held his final conferences
Yesterday afternoon with Judge
|p,isr+ ". Bingham of Louisville.
| X and Prof. Raymond |. Moley,
|IS chief economic adviser.
Bingham. the last of the EEK
uysss,y invited" guests to the
aEt,ls white house" at Warm
lSrngs was believed to have
Itesr offered a high diplomatic
pos, uossibly 20 Paris. He smil-
inglg ietined, however, to discuss
| he sg.gose of his visit.
Nr Roosevelt called it a visit
70 enable him and Judge Bingham
| b e ever the general economic
stra.On.
On his last day at Warm Springs
ne ryesident-elect read through
Tie c0ngratulatory messages that
have poured in since he outlined
he details Of a monumental plan
t5r he economic development OF
hs entire Tennessee river basin.
The project encOmpasSing refOr-
es:a.ion, power. greater land utiI-
ia,ion flood control and other
things, would put a total Of 2OO,-
900 men 10 work. he believes.
Nr. Roosevelt indicated that
should this development be au-
thOrized by congress and studies
and preliminary surveys prove
The case there was no reason why
he same principle could not be
applied 70 other great watersheds
throughout the country.
he islt. however, that the next
one 70 be tackled should be the
Arkansas river basin. Such a de-
ve0Pnent. he is convinced, could
Be started there within the next
three Or four years, or during the
height Of the projected undertak-
ing IN the Tennessee area.
As an illustration of the eco
homie benefits of such work, Nj.
Roosevelt called attention to the
work that has been done since
l9l5 in the little Miami river val
Iey in Ohio. This was begun, he
spained. after the disastrous
Dayton, Ohio food in 1918. AS a
result Of reforestation, reclama-
ton Of bottom lands and scientific
hood control, the development has
'een entirely successful.
L was estimated by friends OF
W. ROOSe:elt that the cost of the
Sgantic enterprise that he has
Planned for the Tennessee river
ALLEY would be several hundred
million dollars. He is of the opin-
on, however. that the federal
Sfernment eventually would get
C ,ot Of it all the money put in
through the sale of timber ana
cheap power.
Nj. Roosevelt will spend his
acailon on the Nourmahal, Vim
.sat AstOr's sea-going yacht. As
o' viii be aboard. Others in the
party will be Kermit Roosevelt
Sn Of the late president: judge
frederick Kernochan of New
Toih, and George st. George, o.
IaIedo, y. Y.
The vessel will return to Jack
TpSaVliIe February Is and Mr.
roosevelt will proceed by trail
immediately for New York City.