The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22


Mr.. Roosevelt Is taking the cruise In
order to recuperate and revltalize him
self. He enjoys the
Welcome outdoors. just as
Vocof;on President Hoover en-
joyed outdoors and
President Coolidge enjoyed fishing and
as President Harding and President
Wilson enjoyed golf and as President
Taft enjoyed walking and President
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed horseback
riding. Mr.. Hoover. twill be re-
called. used to spend week ends at a
mountain camp on the Rapidan river
In Virginia where he could rough II
and fish, and he fished In the Potomac
river, too, when he had time to make
river trip. President Harding would
rather play a game OF golf rs men,
Der OF foursome with cronies than
do anything else. thoroughly enjoying
companionship. President Coolidge
seemed to enjoy solitude on yacht,
although usually he had couple OF
intimate friends aboard when he went
on cruises.
Actually the purpose OF these out
ings Is to get away from all OF the
demands coming upon the office Of
President. He must and should have
some freedom. His physical wellbe-
Ing Is at stake at all times. for unless
he is physically fit he becomes In
capable OF dealing with the tasks.
Presidents can receive whomsoever
they desire to receive In their Offices,
but the list OF visit
Lawmakers ors has to be culled
HI. nuf closely In order not
to overcrowd the
| Chief Executives time Some Of the
senator's and representatives, however,
| have adopted another method of saw
| Ing time for themselves In order to get
work done. They go into hiding.
Otherwise, folks from the home state
would occupy so much Of their time
| they would not be able to study the
problems OF legislation they have be-
| fore them.
Few OF the legislators have the
courage, however. that has been
shown by Senator Tydings of Mary
land. His home state being within
street car distance. the Maryland sem
ator has plenty of visitors. He has
solved his problem by posting notice
on bis office door. It says his office
hours are from morning until noon,
when the senate convenes. After that
time no amount of knocking on the
door will cause 1t to be opened. 1t
seems to me that 1t has required a
considerable determination to take
such a course, but Senator Tydings
did and thus far has not caused any
real howl from his constituents.
| Senator Bennett Champ Clark of
Missouri Is causing just little bit of
disturbance around the White House.
Although the senator Is still d fresh
man, so to speak, because this is his
first full term, he has demonstrated
already that he Is like his father, the
late Speaker Champ Clark, who came
so near being the Democratic Presi-
Dental nominee over Woodrow Wilson.
The late Speaker Clark was thorn
In the flesh OF President Wilson. Sen
ator Clark is proving he Is a chip of
the old block by being a thorn In the
side OF the present President. He
broke with the President on the so
called economy bill and he refused tc
stand hitched to several other meas
ures, including the industrial recovery
public construction measure. The
Missouri senator always has been re
garded as Democrat through an(
through, but be appears to dislike por
tons of the new deal" because o.
their unorthodox character.