Evening star., 1934-10-19
Roosevelt on 225.MiIe Trip
DedicateS Roanoke Build
ing to Veterans.
TALK EXPECTED TO SKIP
BONUS PAYMENT ISSUE
Chief Executive to Receive Degree
at William and Mary on
Return Journey.
BY JAMES E. CHINN,
statf Correspondent of The Star.

STAN Correspondent OF Inc star.
ON BOARD THE PRESIDENTIAL
SPECIAL TRAIN EN- ROUTE TO
ROANOKE, Va, October 19-Through
the picturesque valley Of Virginia,
President Roosevelt, on a special
Southern Railway train, speede d
toward Roanoke today to dedicate
there a new $l,700000 Government
neuropsychiatric hospital for war vet
Grams.
The Presidents dedicatory speech
a message of assurance to deserving
and needy former service men-was
completed last night and he relieved
the monotony of the 225-mile rail
trip, absorbing the scenery and chat
ting with those accompanying him.
Those In the presidential party
boarding the train in Washington in
cluded Senator Glass of Virginia,
Postmaster General Farley, Emil
Hurja, executive director of the Demo-
cratic National Committee; Stephen
Early, a White House secretary: Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
Veterans Administrator Frank T.
Hines and Mrs. Hines and military
and naval aides.
The presidential special sped out of
Washington at GAS o'clock this morn
ing, and made one brief stop at
Lynchburg to pick up the remaining
members Of Mr.. Roosevelt's party
Gov Peery of Virginia, Senator Byrd
of the same State, and Representative
Woodrum. the singing member of the
House from Roanoke. who will preside
at the dedication ceremonies.
May Skip Bonus Issue.
The Presidents speech is not ex-
pected to be Of the epochal "fireside
chat variety that he makes over the
radio, but coming, as 1t does, close to
the American Legion Convention in
Miami, there had been some specula-
ton he would touch on the ever trou-
blesorne bonus issue. The feeling is
general, however, that he will skip this
Mr.. Roosevelt has maintained a gen.
erous attitude ever since he went into
the White House toward those vet
Grams injured In actual combat. His
policy with respect to those who could
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duty, however, has been less liberal.
It will be recalled that in the last
session Of Congress, his veterans
policy was overridden to the extent of
putting back on the pension and COM
pensation rolls, thousands of World
and Spanish War veterans whose pre-
sumptive service connected disabilities
had been disallowed under the
economy act.
The exercises at Roanoke are
scheduled to start at $3.50 pm. The
President is expected to begin speak
ing a half hour later. In addition
to his address, Gen. Hines Is on the
program for speech. Gov. peery's
role will be to introduce the Presi-
dent.
Hospital Has 472 Capacity.
The new Roanoke veterans hospital
is the latest addition to the neuro-
pSychiatric institutions which the
Veterans Administration has estab-
lished since the World War. 1t will
provide beds for 472 patients.
The hospital is located on a 445-
acre site about two miles west of the
Roanoke city limits and about the
same distance east of the old town of
Salem, county seat of Roanoke
County. Sixteen buildings are being
erected. styled architecturally after the
late seventeenth and early eighteenth
century Virginia Colonial motif.
The Presidents trip into Virginia
will keep him away from Washington
until late Sunday night or Monday
morning. Immediately after the
Roanoke speech, he will leave for his
toric Williamsburg, arriving there to-
morrow morning to participate in the
installation of DR.. John Stewart
Bryan Of Richmond, as president of
the equally historic William and Mary
College. The college will confer an
honorary degree on the President
during the ceremonies.
Settled as palisaded outpost
against Indians in 1888 and in 1869
the Capital of Virginia, Williamsburg
is now undergoing restoration to its
Colonial originality at the expense
Of John d. Rockefeller, jr. Before at
tending the college exercises, Mr..
Roosevelt will head a procession to
dedicate the towns reconditioned
Duke of Gloucester street.
A luncheon in honor of the Presi-
dent will follow the college exercises,
and after that Mr.. Roosevelt will
motor to Yorktown, on the York
River, and board the Department of
Commerce Yacht Sequoya for the
return trip to Washington.