Evening star., 1940-01-02
Mrs. Roosevelt Leaves
Writer'S 10 Comfort
Her Injured Son
Stitches Removed
From Heods of
Accident Victims

1S$IOSU& VI$lUJIS
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
mother, took precedence for a few
minutes today over Mrs. Roosevelt,
the Presidents wife, when an inter-
mission was called in White House
press conference so Mrs Roosevelt
could stand beside her son Frank
Inns bedside while doctor was re-
moving stitches from his head.
Franklin and his wife. the former
Ethel du Pont, were injured in an
automobile accident near Paris, Va,
early last Friday.
Returning to the press conference,
Mrs. Roosevelt hurried it to Its end
so she could go back to the White
House sickroom, this time to stand
by while stitches we're being removed
from the head of her daughter-in-
law.
Her son and daughter-in law are
both doing we'll. she said, although
each has a bit of tooth Clipped of.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr.. she
said, planned to go to Philadelphia
today because her mother was any,
ious for her to see her own dentist.
Franklin is still suffering slightly,
she said. from reaction to the
serum administered after the acci-
dent.
Busy Week Scheduled.
Two of the Roosevelt grandchil-
dren. "Sistie" and "Buzzie" Dali.
will be in the executive gallery when
the President addresses Congress
tomorrow Mrs. Roosevelt said she
would take them with her. The
Presidents mother also will attend.
Asked if little John Boettiger
would be in the family group at the
Capitol, Mrs. Roosevelt explained
with smile that he was much too
active
Mrs. Roosevelt will give a musicale
at the White House today, attend
the Philadelphia Orchestra concert
tonight, broadcast for the Y. W..
c. A. tomorrow, christen a Penn
sylvania Central Airlines plane
Thursday, meet with woman leaders
In the annual campaign against in
fantile paralysis Saturday and run
in for a moment" at the dinner of
the typographical Union at the
Willard Hotel Sunday evening. So
cial engagements, including the
judicial reception at the White
House Thursday night, are sand
wiched in between these public ap-
pearanceS.
Asked what she thought of the
American Student Unions refusal
to brand Russia as an aggressor ma
ton, Mrs. Roosevelt said one must
realize that what young people think
today is relatively unimportant COM
pared to what the same young peo-
pie will think six years from now.
She said that in all probability the
group attending the conference at
which the motion to condemn Rus
sia was voted down. was representa-
tive of comparatively small group
of students. Mrs. Roosevelt has con-
sistently defended these young peo-
pie against charges of Communism.
Wants Drive for Peace.
Explaining why she had referred
to Myron Taylors appointment to
represent this country at the Vat
lean as a gesture" Mrs. Roosevelt
said his mission was mot something
you can see immediate results from"
You hope it will have far-reach-
ing effects in bringing people to-
gether," she explained. "but you
can't see immediate results
Asked what she thought should be
the main objective of the Cause
and Cure of War Conference, which
will be held here later this month
and at which she will speak. Mrs.
Roosevelt said she thought the i'm
portant thing was that the con-
ferees should really face the world
situation and try to think what
groups or agencies were working
along the lines of formulating pos
sible ways of having more endur-
ing peace and then working with
these organizations.
Her refusal to accept the presi-
dency of the American Newspaper
Guild, for which she was proposed,
was due to the fact that she found
it impossible to do full time job,
she said, adding that she thought
whoever accepted it should have
working knowledge Of some Guild
and perhaps have held some local
of1ice in the Guild. She said she
had never had an opportunity to
work with the Guild, but would
want to If she had time.