Evening star., 1935-09-17
ROOSEVELT MAPS
ROUTE ACROSS j. S.
WITH FAR[EY'S AID
Careful Study Is Given to
Stops and Contents of
Speeches.
TWO MAJOR TALKS
ONLY ONES NOW SURE
Little Notice of Constitution Day
Is Taken at Hyde Park, but
Poughkeepsie Celebrates.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.


the continent rapidly approaching,
President Roosevelt today found it
necessary to put aside other business
temporarily to work out some Of the
details.
1t was indicated at the temporary
White House here today that before
the day is over Mr.. Roosevelt will be
ready to make public his itinerary.
Because of the political aspects OF
this journey to the West Coast, and
the opportunity it offers the President
to show himself to the people, and to
recapture what has been referred to
as his waning popularity, Mr.. Roose-
velt has been giving careful study to
the routing of his special train, the
number of speeches to deliver and the
places at which to deliver them.
To assist him, Mr.. Roosevelt had
the services today of Postmaster Cen
eral Farley, his principal political
lieutenant, who has just returned
from the Pacific Coast, and Charles
Nicholson, director of publicity for
tie Democratic National Committee.
Farley Wants Midwest Speech.
1t is known that Mr.. Farley Is
anxious to have the President make
a speech somewhere in the Midwest.
He has reason to feel that this IS
vitally important in building up the
Presidents political strength. Dur
ing his talk here with Mr.. Roosevelt
last week he made plea to this
effect.
The President thus far has let it
be known that he will deliver two
maj jor addresses, one at the dedication
of Boulder Dam on the Colorado
River. in Nevada, and the other at
the San Diego. Calf. Exposition. He
is seriously considering accepting an
invitation he received from the Amer
lean Legion to address its closing ses-
sion in st. Louis the night of Sep
tember 26.
1t is thought that this may serve
the purpose of the Midwestern speech
urged by Farley, and if the latter
is not insistent on some other spot
in the Midwest, the st. Louis speech
will be included in the Presidents
plans.
Invitations Pour In.
Countless invitations from Demo-
cratic leaders throughout the country
the Presidents train is likely to travel
have been received. If he accepted
even a small portion of them, either
for a speech or just brief stopover.
his special train would take several
weeks to reach the Pacific Coast. OF
course, the President wants 10 make
as many brief stops as possible to
shake hands with the local leaders
and show himself to the citizens,
and it is natural to suppose that his
train schedule will call for innumera-
BILE stops of this nature. and that
during some of them he will make
brief extemporaneous speeches.
Naturally, with the national cam
paign not far away, great care must
be taken in selecting the place for
form talks Pains must be taken to
avoid sights, snubs or hurt feelings.
In other words, no votes must be lost.
President Roosevelt's program for
today included nothing indicating an
observance of the anniversary of Con-
stitution day. but in Poughkeepsie,
county seat of DutcheSs County. just
five miles away from the Presidents
home, the occasion was not going un-
noticed.
Court House Decorated.
The court house. on Poughkeepsie's
main street, is built upon the site
of the building in which the conStitu-
tional convention of this State, after
two months debate, voted to ratify
the Constitution in 1888 The build
ing has been we'll decorated with flags
and bunting. In addition. a placard
has been placed near the main door,
way, calling attention to the anniver-
sary. Upon inquiry it is learned that
tne county clerk, one of the local Re-
publican leaders, was responsible for
Poughkeepsie'S patriotic reminder. 1t
was learned also that the New York
State Department of the American Le-
gion recently sent out notices to county
buildings and to the other public
places suggesting that an appropriate
decoration be made in observance of
Constitution day. Presumably Pough-
keepsie's county clerk received his
prompting from this Legion reminder.
The impression here today is that
the President will arrive back in
Washington early next Monday morn
ing. During Monday and Tuesday
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