The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-03

In his party on the trip to Cairo and Teheran was his personal physician, Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire. AS soon as they got back to Washington, Admiral Me- Intire put his patient on the scales to see how much he had gained or lost.
 This has been the prime index of the Presidents health from the beginning. Sine he cannot take regular exercise, it has always been a problem to keep his weight within normal range. When he came into office in 1883. his weight was 186, and Dr. McIntire has held it within the range of 184 to 191 ever since.
 When he looked at the scales after Teheran, the Admrals eyes frightened. The figure was 189. He was afraid the heavy dining and lack of swimming might have brought on extra weight - or, conversely, the hard travel and tension might have reduced the Presidents weight dangerously.
 "1he fact that he stood this
 trip without substantial change of weight is 8 good indication of his physical condition" says
 McIntire. Anything under 19O is satisfactory"
 The trip was less of a strain than those to Casablanca or Que bee, because the conferees did not keep the usual Churchillian hours. Churchill was not well, and he let the others go to bed early. There were no late sessions.
 Coming at the end of a hard year, this indicates that Roose- welt, more than any other Presi- dent. has mastered the art of health under strain. For ten years he has maintained pace which has killed other Presidents in shorter time.
 SECRET OF FDR'S HEALTH
 Secret of FDR's health is combination of three factors-his periodic change of environment, in 8 trip to Hyde Park or cruise down the Potomac; his ability to put aside troubles and sleep soundly; and his willingness to submit to limitations of diet.
 The President eats three meals a day like any ordinary citizen, and he has not gone in for the new-fangled notion that it is bet- ter to eat four or five light meals a day. But when he is tired, or has a cold, he skips a meal en- tirely, or simply has milk toast or a bowl of rice.
 In the whole ten-year period, he has never been put on diet in a formal sense. When he gets little overweight, he finds less food on his tray. Says Dr. McIntire. 'T tell the people who prepare his luncheon tray to give him a little less of everything, and speak to the President himself. and of course he is very cOOpera- tive. He's grand about that"
 When the President had slight cold recently, Dr. McIntire applied the same treatment. He cut down on the food, shifted to fluids, and had the President alkalize him. self.
 'The nice part of it." adds the Admiral, "is that he likes milk toast and boiled rice, which are good for him at such times. As a matter of fact, he deserves the credit for his heaIth-nOt l." ROOSEVELT'S ISOLATION
 As President Roosevelt begins what may be the last of twelve long years in office, he faces what almost every other recent President has faced-the tendency to become isolated.
 Woodrow Wilson was terribly isolated during the last of his second term, partly by illness. partly by his preaccupation with working out a permanent peace, partly by the jealousy of his wife. who guarded him from contact with disagreeable congressman.
 Herbert Hoover also was isolated partly because he lacked @ knack for keeping in touch with people. partly because he relied too much on his own opinions.
 Calvin Coolidge perhaps was not quite so isolated. He saw more people, went to different parts of the country for his sum- mcrs. But the country was en- toying political and economic paradise, so it didn't matter.
 Roosevelt unquestionably has done more than any immediate predecessor to keep in contact with the country until recently. will likewise be lnWlv. but If nill