Evening star., 1935-11-24
PRESIDENT ENJOYS
DAY OUTDOORS
Prepares to Begin Hard
Work on Budget To-
morrow.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG,
STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, November
23.-President Roosevelt enjoyed an
other day of leisure today. spending
most of his time in the outdoors, fol-
lowing a carefree routine, before
knuckling down to hard labor work.
ing on the budget in the den of his
home here tomorrow.
The Presidents only labors today
were the reading of light mail, the
dictation Of few urgent letters and
the announcement of two appoint
ments, one Capt. MacGillivray Milne,
U. s. N. as Governor of America
Samoa and the designation of Rob-
ert Lincoln O'Brien, ex-chairman Of
the United States Tariff Commission
for an additional term Of one year
beginning December /.
There was a real chill in the air as
the President motored about the
country today. The thermometer
went below 80 degrees last night and
Mr.. Roosevelt seemed to delight in
being out in the invigorating air.
During the forenoon he went for a
swim in the glass-covered pool at the
Warm Springs Foundation. After
luncheon he motored again to his
farm, and then spent the remainder
OF the afternoon motoring, enjoying
the bracing air and the scenery.
Jokes With Golfer Writers.
During the late afternoon, on his
way back to supper at the Little
White House, he stopped off at the
golf course and took a keen delight
"kihitzing" a foursome of Washington
correspondents. If these correspond
ents entertained an idea that they
were good golfers before the President
appeared on the scene, they certainly
had no such delusion when he left.
While speeding along in his open sec
ond-hand roadster, Mr.. Roosevelt
spied the four Washington writer's
fighting their way out of the rough.
Unable to resist the treat, he turned
his car into the golf field and fol-
lowed the writer's in his car for the
rest OF their game. Needless to say,
the Presidents heckling and "kibitz-
ing" did not improve the game of the
four unhappy writer's.
In spite Of this ordeal the writer's
are at least able to boast OF having
mad the most distinguished gallery
witnessed by the followers of the
game since those famous golfing days
OF the late Warren @. Harding. the
last occupant of the White House
who played golf.
Teases Staff Members.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not confine his
kibitzing to the newspaper forces.
When the latter had finished the
President observed DOC" E. W.
SmitherS and Miss Roberta Barrows
OF the White House executive staff
coming down the fairway, and for
the next 10 or Is minutes had his
fun with them.
Mr.. Roosevelt is never happier than
when having fun at the expense of
the correspondents who are regularly
stationed at the White House and who
accompany him on all his trips.
IN order to give the President more
freedom in moving about, as well as
to make it more pleasant for the pa
tients at the Warm Spring Founda-
ton, no one Is allowed to visit the
foundation this year without a pass
or other credentials. It is necessary
TO resort to this formality because
OF the great crowds Of tourists and
visitors in former years. Last year
the roads on the foundation prop
erty became so blocked with traffic
during week ends and holidays that
1t was decided to guard against this
In the future. Now the private road
leading to the foundation property
is blocked off, with Marines and uni
formed members of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps doing guard duty.
This explains partly the reason for
the $50 Marines and officers brought
to Warm Springs from Quantico, Va,
to be on hand during the Presidents
visit. Besides doing guard duty of
the roads the Marines guard the
property on which Is located the lit
tie white frame house in which the
President lives while here.
The presence Of the so-caIled Leath-
erneckS is nothing unusual in the
matter of presidential security. Presi-
dent Coolidge had a detachment Of
Marines when he spent the Summer
at SwampScott, Mass, and also when
Summering in the Adirondack Noun
tains. President Hoover always had
q large detachment on hand dur
ing his visits at the Rapidan Camp in
the Blue Ridge Mountains.
President Roosevelt will be Joined
by Mrs. Roosevelt tomorrow. She
will be on hand for the Thanksgiving
day celebration at the foundation and
will return with the President on his
homeward journey to Washington.
The President has invited his mother,
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, to join
him for this Thanksgiving party, but
he has yet received no assurance that
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