Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-18
Business Here Will Require
Delay in Starting Jour-
ney to Pacific.
LEGION CONVENTION
VISIT Is IMPROBABLE
Roosevelt Reveals Details of
Program-First Talk at
Boulder Dam.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

HYDE PARK, N. Y. September 10.
The pressure of governmental buSi-
ness in Washington, which will keep
President Roosevelt in the Capital
several days after his return from
Hyde Park, virtually eliminates any
chance of his making a speech on
his West Coast trip before reaching
Boulder Dam.
In making this announcement to-
day the President also indicated he
probably will be unable to attend the
closing session of the American Legion
convention in st. Louis September 26.
The President will arrive in Wash
ington from Hyde Park Monday
morning. During his stay he will hold
numerous conferences with admins
tration lieutenants. Original plans
were that he would stop over in the
Capital City but day or so.
Three Speeches Listed.
To date details of his train trip
across the continent have not been
worked out, President Roosevelt said
at his press conference. He pointed
out he has agreed to deliver only three
major speeches on the way to the
Coast. The first will be at Boulder
Dam, the second at a luncheon in Los
Angeles and the third at the San
Diego Exposition.
Mr. Roosevelt added that he would
leave his special train at Los Angeles
and, after keeping luncheon engage
ments there, would make the journey
to San Diego by automobile.
II Mr.. Roosevelt goes ahead with
his announced intention not to make
any so-called major stops after leav-
ing Washington until he reaches
Boulder Dam, he will be doing so
against the wishes and advice Of
Postmaster General Farley. his po-
litical adviser, who has made no secret
of the fact that he deemed a mid
Western speech on the Presidents trip
advisable. Mr.. Farley, accompanied
by Charles Nicholson. publicity d.
rector for the national committee,
joined the President at his Hyde Park
home late yesterday, and after spend
ing the night at the Roosevelt home,
departed this morning The impress
sion is that they were on hand to ad-
wise the President regarding certain
features incident to the Western trip,
with particular reference to what
speeches should be made, and where.
When asked today about the visit of
Farley and Nicholson and what part
they were taking in the arrangements
for the Western trip, Mr.. Roosevelt
said their call was purely personal.
Urged Midwest Stop.
Mr.. Farley, when talking to news
paper men last night and during his
visit here last week, mentioned that
he had urged the President, in making
up his train schedule, to include a
stop in the Midwest, presumably for
the purpose of making a major speech.
II Mr.. Roosevelt's intimation 10 the
press today that he will make no
Midwestern stops is to be accepted as
definite and final, it would be assumed
that Farley was unsuccessful in his
urgingS.
Discussing the tentative plans today,
Mr. Roosevelt was unable to say just
how long he would remain in San
Diego, but he gave the impression
that his visit there would be brief,
probably two days and a night. He
said he will go aboard a naval vessel,
the u s. S. Houston, at San Diego
to carry him back to the Atlantic
Coast.
With a beaming face Mr.. Roosevelt,
a real lover of the sea, announced at
this point that before starting through
the Panama Canal he would engage in
few days of fishing. He mentioned
fishing of Pearl Island and Cocos
Island and, with a great air Of mys-
terry and genuine delight, he said he
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