The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16

handled Dy Lu0 veteran executive clerks, Rudolph Forster and Mau- rice c. Latta and the large White House clerical force. The secretaries to the three secretaries and a few messengers are also part of this beehive.
 By 10 o'clock the president has usually travelled from the mansion to the executive office, accom- bodyguard, and the days long round of conferences begins. He has been having from five to 20 conferences or interviews each day. s+
 Banks. Budget Unemployment relief. Veterans, those, of course, have been the chief subjects of the conference with leaders of con- gress, government officials and an lie men. Off went messages to congress and the legislation he wanted congress to pass and by Friday he could spare time to talk with Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Delegate Norman H. Davis about the disarmament con- ference.
 Secretary of the Treasury Wood in and Attorney General Homer Cummings have been most often with Roosevelt, and next to them members of the federal reserve board. Prof. Raymond A. Moley, Roosevelt's economic advisor and now assistant secretary of state, is frequently at his side
 The president has no "ca1lers." Those who see him these days are only those whom he summons for advice, discussion or other ser- vice. Even senators aren't sup posed to come unless invited. Sec- retary Mcintyre receives all tele- phone calls for his chief and de- cides whether or not to switch them in the inner office. Scores of calls have been put through to Roosevelt, however, many of them from governors of states worried by phases of the banking situation.
 Every week day so far he has eaten his lunch at his desk. He doesn't mind eating and talking at the same time. More than once the secretary of the treasury and the attorney general have barged in and resumed Conferences through the meal. 2 ..ss < { Roosevelt had no ' advisors present, however, during the hour and a half that lie worked. Thurs day night on hia meSeage on com gross on the budget and federal reorganization. Two or three times he telephoned for certain information or ad1ice. An: import ant adviser had been Lewis Doug las of Arizona. new Girectcr of the budget.
 Even on the day of his in- auguration and review.sof the pa rade, which :, might have been enough for one man without the New York banks closing, MT Roosevelt had conference with several advisors. named his attor- ney general. attended prayer ser. vice, called his cabinet and had their oaths admiilistsred, met the cabinet wives. appeared at Mrs Rooseve1t's' tea to greet scripples from Warm Springs, presided at family dinner and then had some conferences sS $ 7
 Sabbath rest next day z He had conferences with most cabinet members. and ,txaTfous congress sional leaders, framed and issued proclamations both for the spe- spoke over the radio and got to bed after mianisht
 Evenings and sometimes in the day he worked in the oval sit- ting room on the second floor of the White House itselfs which has become his private study. Un- packing and decoratiqns proceeded the while. The president, from his red rocking cllair piled with pillows, sometimes directed X the hanging of his sfavofitsE marine From From that roo,ns 1t {. . night. Roosevelt was in telephonic com munications with remote banking centers during the most critical part of the financial crisis. <
 Through all the crowded days he found time for many other things which he could have evad- ed.. He attended the funeral. Of Senator walsh. He took time out to decide what unemployed per- sons might parade here. He paid a 40-minute visit to the venerable Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the latter,s gzpd birthday. He called in the entire White House executive stan to greet each nlem- ber personally. He took time out | to greet each White House news paper correspondent personally and twice in q week gave nearly an hour to the press.
 "How does he, do it?n | asked one of his close associates { Nobody knows" was the ari- swer. T guess it's just grit