Evening star., 1934-08-10
President Returns From
$4,000 Mile Trip to Plunge
Into Problems.
CONFERENCES SLATED
WITH CABINET MEMBERS
Executive Appears Happy and
Rested-Silver, N. R. A. and
A. A. A. Up for Disposition.
ny ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Roosevelt returned TO his
desk today after a vacation journey
which carried him more than $4,000
miles and kept him away from Wash
ington nearly seven weeks.
He looked the picture OF health as
he reached the White House soon
after noon, and he made 1t plain he
wanted TO lose no time tackling the
tremendous tasks awaiting him
The President sat down at the
same desk he left when he departed
on his journey. but it was in strange
surroundings. This was the first time
the President had seen his temporary
ONCE, which has been set up in the
historic blue room on the flrst floor
OF the White House and which is to
serve him during the period Of re-
building the executive ONCE building.
The President appeared well pleased
with the arrangements as well as the
transformation OF the first and base
ment floors OF the White House into q
workshop for his executive staff.
Pile Of Work Ready.
Mr.. Roosevelt found his desk piled
high with matters requiring his i'm
mediate attention, as well as an ac-
cumulation of routine papers await
ing his signature. He also found tall
bundles of kilograms bearing messages
OF commendation for his utterances
en- route across the continent par
ticularly for his speech yesterday In
Green Bay, Wis. In which he prom
ised to not only continue his new deal
policies, but to expand them.
These congratulatory messages were
from people in all parts Of the coun-
try, and in all walks Of life. and of
no one political school. 1t will take
hours for the President to read all
of them. In addition TO these, hun
dreds OF similar ones were received
aboard the presidential special train
as It sped on to washington.
Must Oil Machinery.
Mr.. Roosevelt returned with a
knowledge that a great mass of ad-
ministration and recovery problems
are awaiting him. He has been in
constant touch with the White House
and things back at the Capital
throughout his long trip, but many
matters have arisen which have been
put aside for settlement and decision
until his return. Moreover, matters
relating to the administration and the
recovery program have Jagged some
what during his absence, and he must
now give q quick check-up and re-
turn the huge machinery to It's for
mer high speed. This tagging is un-
derstood to have been permitted by
the President, who. on the eve Of his
departure, made 1t plain to his little
army of chief lieutenantS that they
had all been working hard and he
would like to see them take a brief
rest.
Although today was the regular day
for cabinet meetings, the President
abandoned this routine and sent word
to the various Government offices he
would postpone the meeting until next
week, but he would confer with them
Individually in the meantime.
Mr.. Roosevelt came home with a
most valuable flrSt-hand picture of
actual conditions in those sections of
the country through which he trav-
eled from the Pacific Coast. All of
this he expects to materially assist
him in arriving at the decisions he
must shortly make in shaping future
policies.
To Meet New Aides.
One Of the first things the President
must attend TO is to confer personally
with the members of the newly created
boards and commissions who received
appointment while the President has
been travelling. These include James
A. Moffett, Federal housing admins
traitor; the members of the Railroad
Pensions Board, the Federal Commu-
nications Board, the Federal Aviation
Commission and the Federal Labor
Board.
Some OF these men are known per-
sonally to the President, several of
them receiving their commissions Just
before his departure from Washing
ton on July /, But inasmuch as
each one of these new bodies is to
play a major part in his recovery pro-
gram and new deal administration. he
has made 1t known that he wants to
sit down with each separate group
and talk things over and assist in