Evening star., 1938-08-28
PRESIDENT HAS
QUIET AFTERNOON
Tells Fish Stories and
Listens to Cowboy Songs
and Jokes.
Py the Associated Press.


HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 81
President Roosevelt spent a care
free afternoon among friends and
neighbors Of Dutchess County today
listening to cowboy songs and telling
Jokes
After busy round of conferences
during the week he took the after
noon of to inspect his new stone cot
tage overlooking the Hudson River
and talk before the Roosevelt Home
Club" at the home of Moses Smith,
tenant farmer on his Hyde Park es-
tate.
On the front porch of Mr.. Smith S
audience of several hundred about
his recent fishing trip in Lotn the
Pacific and Atlantic
The President said he warned Mr.
Smith to give him the topic of fish
for his talk today. because that was
the only way he could dodge the SUBJ
ject of new post Office for Hyde Park
The only way you can get that
post Office quickly" the President sal
lis to buy more postage stamps. jim
Farley told me that, and he's in the
business"
Don't Always Need Hook.
"You don't always need a hook to
catch a 110-pound sailfish," Mr.
Roosevelt said Il have II men who
were in the boat, a motion picture
reel and two other pictures to prove it
We were trolling in the Pacific for
sailfish. hooked one and he jumped
out of the water and the beak of an
other sailfish became entangled in my
line
The one had hooked got away,
but the one that got snarled up-We
pulled him in"
With the President on the rustic
porch we're Mrs. Roosevelt. wearing a
light blue dress and a broad. lacy,
white hat; Mayor and Mrs. La
Guardia of New York, Mayor Spratt
Of Poughkeepsie. N. Y; John E.
Mack of Poughkeepsie, who presented
the President for nomination at the
last two Democratic conventions. and
Representative Caroline O'Day of New
York.
La Guardia Speech Called.
When Mayor La Guardia was intro
duced he arose, bowed and sat down.
Cries of speech resounded through
the audience, and La Guardia said:
This gathering, in this beautiful
setting, is typical of the country in
which we live. 1t is in glorious con-
trast to other countries of the world.
The head of any government can
always command respect. The auto
Gratis and the dictators can always
require following by fear.
While others may reign through
fear or edicts of force, our President
governs by love"
Applause rippled through the audi
ence.
The West Point Military Band
played and was frequently applauded
by the President. Entertainers with
guitars and banjos sang cowboy songs,
including the Presidents favorite,
Home on the Range"
Speaks Of Defenses.
In his talk the President took occa-
sion to reiterate his recent statement
that he had found, during his recent
trip through the Panama Canal. that
the defenses had been very much i'm
proved with submarines. aircraft and
anti-aircraft guns since visited there
three years ago.
We are trying to make reasonably
certain in case of war-which we are
trying to avoid in every possible way
that we can still maintain the link
between the Atlantic and the Pacific. y
The Chief Executive also mentioned
his w. P. A. and P. w. A. programs,
saying that they are not only putting
people to work. but are providing COM
munities with things they could not
have had otherwise"
During his visit to his new cottage,
screened by trees on all sides, the
President said he had not yet decided
whether to have electricity installed
There will be no telephone and no
radio, he said.
The President said he would be in
Hyde Park for some time to come. but
that he had ito go back to Washing
ton once in a while to see that the
Government functions"
Early today the summer White
House announced that Mr.. Roosevelt
had accepted the resignation of Adolf
A. Berle, jr., as Assistant Secretary
of State.
Mr., Berle wrote the President that
his assigned task in the State Depart
ment had been completed. Il need
hardly assure you" Mr. Berle added
that I propose to support your ad-
ministration and you personally with
whatever ability I have against your
enemies. both foreign and domestic"
Replying, the President thanked Mr.
Berle for splendid cooperation with
the administration and said he ac.
cepted the resignation, effective Sep
tember Is. with very real regret
Mr.. Berle is expected to return to
Columbia University Law School
where he holds a professorshin