The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

enterd the White House.
 There is nothing ornate about The Pioneer. Big and roomy, it is built for a maximum of util- ity and comfort and minimum of show. It is owned by the Pullman company and is avail able to anyone who wants to rent it. But the railroads, knowing Roosevelt's preference for Int Pioneer, usually obtain 1t for him.
 Outwardly the car looks like
 an ordinary Pullman, except that it has Q rear platform. When the President uses it, the platform is equipped with Q loud speaker fastened to 8 corr ner of the roof, while attached to the rail is . metal reading
 1sek to hold papers and micro- phones.
 This desk is government prop erty and is the invention of Col. Edward Starling, able chief or the White House Secret Service staff. When the train is in motion the dsek is covered by an ingenious lid.
 Every inch of space of the in- terior of The Pioneer is put to use. The entrance door opens directly into a small-dinnig room which can be, and frequently is, con- verted into a bedroom. The din- ing room table seats six people, and there is a built-in buffet holding the silverware, dishes and linen. Between meals 8 bowl of flowers or fruit sits on the table.
 The Pioneer has no kitchen, and the President orders his food from the menu of the train diner. It is kept warm and served from a tiny pantry built into the rear of the buffet.
 Servants
 The servant personnel of the car consists only of two men, 8 porter and waiter. They are ace Pullman employees, but not always are the same men assigned to the car. Invariably they are carefully examined by the Secret Service.
 Next to the dining-roon are four compartments and two mas ter bedrooms. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt use the bedrooms, while Mrs. James Roosevelt, Jr., wife of their eldest son; White House Secretary Marvin McIn- tyre; Miss Marguerite Leland, the Presidents personal secretary; and several women members of the White House clerical staff occupy the compartments.
 The Presidents valet and Gus Gennerich, his personal guard, also sleep in the car. Dr. Ross McIntire, White House physician who is accompanying him, and Colonel E. M. Watson, military aide, have compartments in 8 car adjoining The Pioneer.
 At the end of the car is a drawing-room with roomy chairs and settees. Here the President spends mos Of his time, trans acting official business, meeting visitors and chatting with local leaders who travel on the train for a distance. The drawing room leads directly onto the back platform.
 Vigilant Secret Service
 Always on guard in the pres. ident's car, every hour of the day and night, are two Secret Service men. On this trip ten SS men ac- company the train, standing guard shifts of four hours each. This squad is augmented by other SS men and local detectives in each big city where steps are made.
 The SS squad accompanying the train is under the command of Russell Wood, st0cky, quiet spoken veteran of the service. Colonel Startling does not ac- company the train, travelling in advance and making prepara- tory protective arrangements for the Presidents haIts. He is an expert in this exacting work and knows the police in every city.
 A president en route, even during a hot political campaign, is buster than the ordinary cam didate.
 There is a constant flow of of- ficial business to transact. Sev- eral times during the day, and often at night, telephone wires are run into his car during stops and he confers with a cabinet member or some other executive in Washington. Numerous tele- grams and pouches of airrnail ale so are received. To handle mail, the president has with him a special postal official, Herbert Theuer, veteran postal inspector.
 The president transacts much official business while under way, keeping a corps of stenographers busy writing the letters and memoranda he dictates. This work is in addition to the speech es he writes. All the addresses, long and short, the president is making on this trip are written 8 few hours before they are deliver ed.
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