Evening star., 1933-02-16

the fact that his temperature Is under
100 sounds rather reassuring."
She then turned the conversation to
the worries that go with her position
as the wife of a man in public life
I'VE all realize" she said, that things
like this may happen. There is nothing
we can do, nothing any one can do.
| ANY one can shoot a man in public life
suffering the consequences. And the
people who do that don't mind get
ting caught, because they are OF
balance.
"As a matter Of fact, I am inclined
to think he didn't intend to shoot
Franklin. You can't believe what he
says. He probably didn't know what
he was doing. But II he had wanted
to shoot Franklin. he had his oppor-
tunity while Franklin was standing up
making his speach. He didn't start
shooting until my husband had sat
down and had removed himself as a
target.
Got to Be Faced.
But whether he intended to shoot
Franklin or not doesn't matter This
thing is apt to happen to you when you
are in public life. And you have got to
face it. The only thing to do, as
see it, is just to go along and not think
about such things any more than you
have to-"
Mrs. Roosevelt expected to get in
| touch later in the day with Louis
Howe, her husbands secretary, to find
out about the condition of Mayor Ger
max and the others who were wounded.
Il hardly expect to hear from Frank
| lin direct" she said.
Pale and looking tired, she boarded a
train in New York les sthan two hours
after receiving word of the shooting.
She talked over the telephone with
! the President-elect, broke the news
gently to his mother, conferred over
the telephone with her son Elliott, in
New York, and sent to Groton School
in Massachusetts, telegram requesting
that the Roosevelt boys, Franklin, jr.,
and John, be told in the morning and
assured that their father was all right.
Franklin is all right, for which am
very very thankful" she said, there
fore, I see no reason why I should not
go to Ithaca as I am supposed to do.
There Is nothing I can do by staying
| here. There would be no point in my
going down there for he Is leaving for
home in the morning. Besides, I have
habit Of doing things I have said 1
will do
Mrs Roosevelt received the news last
night from her daughter, Mrs. Curtis
Dali. as she was entering her house in
East Sixty-fifth street. She had at
| tended earlier in the evening q meeting
Of employees of a motion picture firm.
Her only comment was This Is what
happens to you II you are in public life "
She Immediately put in long distance
call for her husband whom she located
| at the hospital in Miami with Mayor
Cermak, and while waiting for the call
to be completed. went In and told his
mother what had happened.
She took it very WELL" Mrs. Roose-
welt said.
"It might have been better to let 1t
go until morning. but l was afraid
some one might call her and tell her,
and I thought it was better for me
to do it,"
Upon boarding the train, Mrs. Roose-
velt retired Immediately.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she will ask no
secret service attendants for herself or
any member of her family as the result
of the attempted assassination of her
husband in Miami last night.
Nor will she change any of her plans
she said, including that Of motoring in
1er roadster with her two dogs to Wash
ington for the Inauguration.
IF I should have to change my plan
to drive to Washington" she said, 'it
certainly would not be for that reason
but because I may find it will be i'm
possible for me to get away quietly, as
I want to do.