Evening star., 1936-08-17
ROOSEVELT PLANS
MISSISSIPPI TRIP
May Cruise Down River
From Minnesota to Men,
phis After Western Visits.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG,
Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

Staff Correspondent of The Star.
HYDE PARK, N. Y. August IL
President Roosevelt was so we'll pleased
with the large and enthusiastic re-
ceptions he received on his recent flood
tour in Pennsylvania and Western
New York that today he Is seriously
considering including cruise down
the Mississippi River on his forthcom-
ing visit to the drought areas in the
Northwestern States.
To make arrangements for this ad.
dition to his drought inspection
itinerary would not be difficult, but Il
is said here today that the President
has not yet reached decision. 1t IS
believed he will debate the question
for several days.
In the event that the President in
cludes this Mississippi River excursion
on his Western trip he will not aboard
Government vessel at Minneapolis or
St Paul and steam down the river as
far as Memphis. making numerous
stops along the way. This will afford
him an opportunity TO collect addi-
tional information on flood problems
and at the same time will afford
convenient means of stopping at
several places of political importance
along the way 1t also will give the
President an additional opportunity of
showing himself to the voters.
Requests for Visit
White House attaches here report
the President has received requests
! for a visit from various cities along
| the Mississippi on this Western
drought inspection trip. Among these
cities is Hannibal Mo. Mr.. RooSe-
| velt, meantime, is going ahead with
The completion of plans for his forth
| coming Western trip. AS the arrange
ments now stand, he will leave his
Hyde Park home next Sunday night,
arriving in Washington Monday
morning, where he will remain only
36 hours before leaving for the So
called dust bowl" area. It is said
that his first stop, outside of regular
railroad operating stops. will be in
Pierre S. Oak, where the President
will meet with the Governors Of
North and South Dakota. Wyoming
and Montana to discuss the drought
problems. At the brief operating stops
! from Washington to Pierre Mr.. Roose-
welt no doubt will follow the custom
of Presidents seeking reelection OF
| rear platform appearances.
According to the Presidents plans.
from Pierre he will start back for the
East after a tour OF day or so in
the DakotaS. On his eastward jour
ney he will visit Wisconsin and
Minnesota to confer with the Govern
| ors of those two States and later will
| confer with the Governors of Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa. The
time and place for this conference,
which Gov. Landon of Kansas, his
opponent in the national election, will
attend. has not yet been made known.
Plans for Conferences.
Indications also are that the Presi-
dents trip will include conferences
with the State authorities of Illinois,
Kentucky and Indiana.
1t is understood that the President
will be joined on his Western trip by
those cabinet officers and emergency
agency heads directly concerned with
drought and relief work.
Should the Mississippi River In
spection trip be included, as now is
expected, 1t is believed the President.
| after disembarking at Memphis, will
head for the Tennessee Valley for an
other inspection of the work In
| progress there under the Tennessee
Valley Authority. From there he
would 60 to Charlotte, N. c., where
on September 10 he is scheduled to
make a major political speech to
large gathering. Afterwards he would
90 directly to Washington, arriving
September IL. The Charlotte speech
Is the only one on the Presidents list
for his Western inspection trip.
which White House authorities will
admit is to be purely political. The
label "non-political" still is being used
by the President for the Western
tour.
Until the time comes for Mr. Roose-
velt to embark on this inspection trip,
he intends to get as much rest as
possible He declared another holi-
day for himself today, his principal
reason being that it is the 22nd birth
day anniversary Of his third son,
Franklin, jr., who, with John, and
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and
| her husband, is visiting at the Hyde
Park home. Arrangements have been
made for a birthday party tonight.
Mr.. Roosevelt today reviewed the
only completely equipped anti-aircraft
regiment Of the United States Army,
as the 62d Coast Artillery passed along
| the Albany Post road on its way to
Summer camp at Fort Ontario from
its permanent qu&~'ers at Fort Tot
ten, N. Y.
The President was greatly impressed
with the appearance of these bronzed
regulars and keenly interested in the
equipment they carried.
Tells of Equipment.
Col. Frank F. Ferguson in command
of this artillery unit, in explaining the
completeness of his regiments equip
ment said that it included 1913 We
hicles, eight 3-inch anti-aircraft guns,
is .50-caliber machine guns, 10 .3O-cal-
iber machine guns, eight searchlignts
of three billion candlepower each and
eight sound locaters.
Row Howard, newspaper publisher,
who recently returned from a world
tour, and Mrs. Howard were overnight
guests of the President.
The Roosevelt family contributed
materially to making success OF the
annual base ball game played yester-
day at Pawling, about IS miles from
here, between the team of the White
| House correspondents and the team
of Lowell Thomas, radio commentator,
known as the Saints and Sinners.
ROosevelts Play.
The Thomas team wUn by the
score of Is to IL despite the fact the
correspondents team had the serv-
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