Evening star., 1936-06-27
|ChiefExecutive
Speeds Work
on Speech.
DENIES SELF
TO VISITORS
Presidential Party
to Leave Late i'm
Afternoon
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.


Without coat or tie and with his
shirt open at the neck, President
Roosevelt was laboring today with the
finishing touches of the acceptance
speech he will deliver at Philadelphia
tonight.
The President is completing this
task in the seclusion of his private
study and will not go to his desk at
the executive office or receive any
callers until he has completed his job
Mr.. Roosevelt's principal problem in
this task has been carrying out his
original intention of making the ad-
dress as brief as possible. He an
nounced yesterday he hoped to keep
the speech within 1000 words. Short
ly before noon today. after he had
completed the rough draft, he person
ally counted what he had written and
announced with keen satisfaction that
ne had consumed exactly 1893 words.
VIII Leave on Special Train.
Before the day Is over and advance
copies of the speech given out, it may
run a little longer, inasmuch as the
President confessed after his word
count that there were a lot more
things he would like to say.
The President, with Mrs. Roosevelt
and a group of associates, will leave
Washington on a special Baltimore &
Ohio train late this afternoon, in
time to put him on the platform at
Franklin Field. where the notification
ceremonies will be held, just about 10
minutes before the time scheduled to
begin the great show.
MIR. Roosevelt has succeeded in
doing away with preliminary plans for
his reception Of party celebrities on
his train when he arrives at Phila-
delphia. This would only have de-
layed matters, the President reminded
those In Philadelphia who were making
the arrangements. The way matters
stand now, the only ones who are
aboard the Presidents train when II
arrives will be Vice President Garner,
James Roosevelt, the Presidents eldest
son, who is a delegate to the conven-
ton from Massachusetts,, and Chair
man Farley of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Preliminaries to Be Brief.
With view to getting the Presi-
dents speech on the air at the time
set, the prelirninaries will be brief,
According to the arrangements now,
Immediately after arrival OF the
President and his party on the plat
form, Vice President Garner will be
officially notified of his nomination.
This notification speech is not ex-
pected to consume more than two
minutes, and Gamers reply has been
allotted three or four minutes.
Following this, Senator Robinson,
permanent chairman Of the conven-
ton, will notify the President of his
nomination in a three minute speech.
Then Mr.. Roosevelt will begin the
speech which Is expected to be the
starting spark Of the campaign. A
coast-to-coast hook-up will carry it
70 milllons throughout the country.
Established Precedent.
The precedent Of making the ac-
ceptance speech before the convention
itself, instead Of waiting for the later
notification ceremonies, was estab-
lished by Mr.. Roosevelt four years ago,
AS New York's Governor, he few from
Albany to Chicago July 2, 1882, with
Mrs. Roosevelt, two sons, secretaries
and State troopers, to receive the ova-
ton Of the delegates.
Whether the Chief Executive re-
mained up late last night to hear the
acclaim his name received on renom-
lnation was not made known at the
White House. but Mr.. Roosevelt has
followed all convention proceedings
closely.
Besides Mrs Roosevelt, those in the
party will be Senator Harrison of
Mississippi; Stephen Early, one of the
Presidents secretaries; Col. Edwin M.
Watson, military aide; Capt. Paul
Bastedo. naval aide; Capt. Ross T.
McIntire, White House physician;
Miss Marguerite LELAND, the Presi-
(see ROOSEVELT, Page 81