Evening star., 1938-05-01
PRESIDENT RIDES
CALM SEASSOUTH
Scans Reaction to Monopoly
Message on Way to
Fishing Grounds.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 30
Away from the grind OF official con.
ferences and economic planning, Pres.
ident Roosevelt rode the calm seas ol
the South Atlantic aboard the trim
cruiser Philadelphia today on a vaca.
ton that may take him to the West
indies.
Stocked with the latest newspaper.
and White House reports on reaction
to his lengthy anti-monopoly message
the Nations No. l sailor boarded the
new l0000-ton cruiser at the navy
yard at 8:45 am Eastern standard
tine) and an hour later was headed
eouthward amid the booming of 81
gun salutes from the Philadelphia and
q navy yard battery.
Similar honors were paid shortly
afterward as the Philadelphia, es.
corted by the new l,500-ton destroyer
Fanning, eased down the channel past
Fort Moultrie to the sea.
The first radio dispatch from the
AA'AoeNAPAAAo, aCSCiNCo CdllS
at the Charleston Navy Yard, said:
Philadelphia headed southwark al
~ knots. Clear and warm. Sea
smooth. President stayed on deck un.
til we'll out at sea. Spent day quietly
During afternoon started Coins
through mass Of official reports. To-
morrow President attends church
services conducted by Cls lain Moore
approximately l35 miles a. sea from
Charleston"
The message added that a section OF
the Navy Band under 1t. Comdr
Charles Benter was making its frs,
cruise with a President aboard.
Just where the spick- and span men,
of~War were bound was not disclosed
But the President was believed to be
harboring a desire to indulge in his
favorite sport of game fishing in the
general vicinity of the Virgin Islands
either on the Atlantic or Caribbean
side or both.
He is expected to disembark here
next Saturday, but he shouted to re-
porters on the dock before he left he
would let them know definitely by
Thursday whether he would land here
or some port farther north.
The President reached the North
Charleston station at 8 am by specia
train from Washington. Half an hou,
later he drove the miles to the
dock with Gov. Olin D. Johnston o,
South Carolina and Mayor Burnet r
Maybank of Charleston.
AS he walked up the special rubbe,
eangplank to be welcomed by Capt
Jules James, the shrill of the boat.
sUain's pipe was heard as he passed
along the rail, manned from stem tc
stern by officers and men in service
whites. A band played The Sta,
Spangled Banner"
He stood there for nearly half ar
hour watching mobile derrick take
apart the gangplank section by sec
ton and hoist 1t aboard the Phila-
delphia's main deck aft.
w. p. A. Project for Hartford.
Before taking a big deck chair to
await the warping Of the sleek. gray
ship away from the pier, he called to
Rear Admiral William H. Allen. COM
mandant Of the navy yard, down on
the dock, and, pointing to an old black
hulk nearby, shouted:
Cant you put in w. P. A. project
for the Hartford: she looks awful" He
was looking at the remains of Admiral
Farraeut's flagship, famous frigate at
the battles Of New Orleans and Mobile
Bay in the War Between the States.
1t has been lying at anchor here al
most since the turn of the century
and once was used as a training YES
sel
We have no money to carry it out"
Admiral Allen told the President, who
then smiled and rejoined:
You send up the request and I'll
put 1t through
A few minutes later the PHILADELPHIA
and Tanning were under way. The
Chief Executive, still sitting in his rail
chair and fianked by aides. waved a
good-by to the small party ashore.