Evening star., 1935-11-04

he know 1t was an earthquake? He
remembered one as child. Was
there any noise? No, but the sidewise
movement Of the house permitted him
to recognize it, The secret service
men scurried around the yard. light
ing the lights. No damage? No dam
age.
Behind this close reportorial cross
examination apparently was the fact
that all the callers had compared ex-
periences earlier and found that none
knew there had been an earthquake,
although few Of them were asleep and
all were within 6 miles of Hyde Park
at the time.
That Vacation Sailfish.
Did the President act on that Mon
tana earthquake request? Yes. he
had sent word to the Army. Red Cros.
and Relief Administration to CO.
operate.
What are those pictures on his
desk? The 134-pound saiIfsh he
caught on his trip. Some OF them
shoD the fish frozen in ice. Pic
lures are handed around.) Gus
fhis bodyoudrd) caught one is
pounds hedpier, but it Uds not in
Uery good condition. Also Gus
catch Wds ruled out because he
got muscle cramp in his arm
nhile playing it. fLauohterJ Was
that a record? No, the President
thinks the record catch UQs IS
pounds heavier than his.
Is there any news at all? No. this
is negative day. The three mus
keteers, trio OF newsmen who accom-
panied him on the Panama trip, got
used to negative days and did not
| even try to concoct any news
Laughter.) Is he having any visitors
The reply was negative shake OF
the head.)
He saw in the papers a suggestion
that he was at Hyde Park to direct
New York political strategy for Tues
days election. UaughterD Who
wrote that story? tAll present deny
it. Blame is finally attached to an
unidentified headline writer, IS mile,
away)
State Department Silent.
The woman reporter asks how the
President observed Halloween. He
went to bed. Does he have any plans
which would make story? Well, he
is going on q family picnic after
church Sunday. Anything on Europe?
Not peep has come to him from the
State Department since he left.
One reporter observes that the
President must haze had hair
cut. Yes, the barber worked on
him the other day. There is some
personal banter, of the record,
about the hdircutJ
A reporter says the biggest news of
the day was the fact that the presi-
Dental secretary, Steve Early, lost 50
to a newspaper man playing golf.
The President is astounded at such a
misadventure, doubts its accuracy. Mr..
Early explains that the news man
claimed handicap of 125 strokes and
then shot 81 under his handicap.
That's All for Day.
hC bWO AlSIl SCCIClS, JdCk AllO
Jill. stroll In. sniff the callers suspi-
ciously, remain to be petted News
men ask II there is anything else.
Nothing. They withdraw to await the
next direct presidential contact . few
days hence.
On the wny back to to,Dn some
hdrd-boiled ueterans among the
correspondents begin to ask each
other Uhy they uere insensitiue to
earthquakes They decide the
President must be earthquake.
conscious. One threatens to let q
note OF doubt creep into his &C.
count. A Jew halt suspect the
President may haze been Jooling,
that he dreamed it, or read it in
the morning papers.
Half an hour later it develops that
the President. after all, is going to
have one caller that day-Federal
Judge Mack of New York. The son
Of Judge Mack Is running for the
Assembly in this district, with the
election only few days Of. Fur