Evening star., 1937-08-28
ROOSEVELT PLANS
TRIP TO FAR WEST
0N,PAPER SAYS
Summer White House, How.
ever, Refuses Comment
on Report.
PRESIDENTS ADVISERS
IN FAVOR OF JOURNEY
Urge Him to See for Himself Sen.
timent of People on New
Deal Proposals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, August 28.-
Informed sources let it be known to.
day that the chances were scod for
President Roosevelt making a Western
trip this Fall
Summer White House officials.
meanwhile, would neither confirm nor
deny report by the Seattle Post.
1ntelligencer that the Chief Executive
definitely was planning a cross-coun.
try journey to obtain 'first-hand" in.
formation on New Deal accomplish.
ments" IN the Northwest.
In the absence of confirmation from
the President himself, all they would
say was that such trip had been
under consideration
At his press conference in Washing
ton last Friday the President said he
had made no engagements beyond
September II, when he will deliver an
outdoor Constitution day address near
the White House. He expects to re.
main in New York State until that
date.
SAbSu W VlSlS dI west.
Many Of the Presidents advisers
have been urging him to tour the
Far West before Congress reconvenes
to see for himself the sentiment of
the people on the court issue and
other administration proposals side.
tracked at the last session.
That such journey, if made, would
see the President delivering at least
a few speeches in behalf of his pro-
gram is regarded in authoritative
quarters as virtually certain.
Whether he would tear into tha
opposition on the court question, az
some of his supporters have counseled.
or merely advocate further "explora.
tlon' OF the need for enlarging tho
supreme Court, as he did in signing
the lower court procedural revision
Dill. was a subject of much conjecture.
The last time the President was in
the Northwest was in 1894 when he
landed at Portland Greg, from his
Hawaiian journey for the trip across
the continent to Washington.
May View Dam Projects.
Since then the great Bonneville and
Grand Coulee dams on the Columbia
River, key projects in the administra.
tion's power development, conserva.
ton and flood control program, have
reared skyward and the President 10
known to have looked favorably On
recent invitations from Northwest
Senators to visit them.
Bonneville will be ready for OPERA
ton in October or November. The
question OF rates for sale of power has
been point of controversy for months
with Boulder Dam region representa-
tives protesting against Bonneville
rates being made lower than theirs.
Daughter in Seattle.
Should the foreign situation be such
as to make the trip possible, the
President would undoubtedly visit his
only daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger,
wife of the Seattle publisher, and her
children, 'Sistie" and "Buzzie" Dali.
Plans for the Presidents second
day of three weeks visit at the FAM
lily home here were indefinite. Secre-
tary Mcintyre repeated no engagement
had been made for Robert w. Bing.
ham, American Ambassador to London.
who has just returned from abroad.
THE Ambassador is here on per.
sonal matters" he added.
Justice Ferdinand Pecora of the
New York Supreme Court, and
Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mex
leo, were down for calls today.
Pecora was an early caller. Daniels
was expected late in the day. The
Mexican Ambassador returned today
from a European trip.