Evening star., 1935-02-09
GRAYSON STARTS
RED CROSS WORK
Former White House Physi.
clan Succeeds Judge
Payne.
BY the Assc -iated Press.

BY the Assc c-iated Press.
The ink on the parchment making
him new national chairman of the
Red Cross had hardly dried today
when Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson
had plunged into his new duties.
His appointment by President Roose-
velt to succeed the late John Barton
Payne was announced yesterday.
II want the poor man who gives a
dollar to the Red Cross to feel that
he is doing just as much as the rich
man who contributes thousands" said
the energetic Virginian, who for years
was a White House physician and the
personal friend Of Presidents Retired
from the Navy now, he has been
devoting himself to the private prac-
tice of medicine.
Declines to Discuss Future.
"The workers for the Red Cross in
a backwoods community are just as
important as the director of an
elaborate organization In a large city,"
he said. THE opportunity for service
is available for every one. just as the
Red Cross is available for every one in
distress"
The new chairman said he felt it
would be presumptuous of him as a
newcomer to discuss plans for the Red
Cross future.
L have some ideas" he admitted.
"but perhaps they have already been
carried out. 1t is my hope that We
can have an emergency organization.
ready to function in case of fire. flood
or disaster, In not only every city but
every county in the Nation"
Houses His Hobby.
A man of 56, his chief interest, his
three young sons and his hobby his
thoroughbred horses, Admiral Gray
sons vigor reflects his active life.
AS a Naval medical lieutenant. he
became the friend of Theodore Roose-
velt and accompanied that hardy
President on a 104-mile horseback
ride in cold weather in Roosevelt's
campaign to harden swivel-chair Army
officers
He likes golf, which he took up when
he advised President Wilson to play
golf for his health. In this connec-
ton he recalled last night that shop
talk" was banned during the war
Presidents tour Of the links.
Succeeds Judge Payne.
Wilson started out playing with
cabinet members" he said, but they
seldom reached the ninth hole before
one of the players would bring up
some appointment or other business.
That player never was asked along
again. This finally left me as about
the only one Wilson would play with"
Admiral Grayson succeeds another
famous Virginian, Judge Payne, who
was Red Cross chairman under Presl-
dents Harding, Coolidge. Hoover and
Roosevelt, after having been Inte-
rior Secretary in wilson's cabinet.
Payne died here last month.
The appointment came as sur
prise, Grayson said, adding that he
would take over the position March /.
He has been a member of the Board
of Incorporators for many years.
Entered Navy in 1908.
Glayson'S alma mater is old Will
liam and Mary College in historic
Williamsburg, and the University Of
the South. He received his medical
education in the Virginia Medical Col
lege and the Naval Medical School.
He then entered the Naval Medical
Corps in 1908.
AS might be expected in Virgin
ian, Grayson is almost as famous for
his love of horses as for his record
as White House physician. He races
a stable of his own and often serves
as a steward at various tracks.