The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
Observations
White House Not
Same at it Was
With Roosevelts
By HELEN EssARY

ONE houses have more quality
n the people within their walls.
en- old houses seem aloof and
e. Vigorous in character Tn
ched by the lives they have
TERED.
he Presidents house, as the
lie House first was called, had.
hought. this sort OF strength.
Il week | passed between the big
aims and under the portico OF
Pennsylvania Avenue entrance.
rossed the yellow bronze presi-
itial seal on the marble floor
| followed the path made vivid
history.
or the moment, the White
use was not the executive man
n, a kind of public building and
perry OF the nation, planned and
d TO house the President OF the
tied States and his family. The
lite House was the home of
,nklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
center for their dramatic lives.
er 10 years OF the kind of living
,anor and Franklin Roosevelt
| l given the mansion, the White
use had taken on some OF the
oseveltian quality.
Vow with the death OF Mr. Roose-
{ the old house was different. II
I a stricken air. You almost
lied to recognize the familiar
zen Room where you used to wait
| n the other newspaper women
the signal TO go up the narrow
rble stairway TO Mrs. Rooseyelt's
ass conferences in the Monroe
ON on the second floor.
What have you done to the
.ce?" we asked Howell Grim, the
|ad usher. 1T doesn't seem the
ne. Have you moved things
out? Or taken them away? We
Int feel at home as we used 10. -
Grim said nothing had been
anged.
mr.. Roosevelt isn't here now
| i'm said. solemnly. There's
| Id of blank. The place isn't
/ Int. Did l often see Mr.. Roose-
h? Only about % times a day.
3 managed all his phone calls
Id many OF his messages. And
id seen him wheel by on his way
nm the executive Offices to the
hin part Of the house. -. He isn't
Ire now. We're deserted
More ODDS AND ENDIA: New
|r.C. Director Fred NJ. Vinson
lows how to run a news confer
Ice. To one reportorial catch
|estion on DO you lean toward
|e policies OF your predecessor
|sse Jones or those outlined by
q man who wanted your Job,
enry Wallace" Vinson replied,
iy friend, you must be an old
ner II -ou think you can get me
ixed up in the Jones-Wallace
W."
Speaking of Henry Wallace,
melody said to Ito. the wife OF
|e new Secretary OF Commerce:
|'ou probably thought you had
|arried a farm boy and would have
quiet life ever after. And see
bat you've got"
More stormy petrol than hayseed,
F1ry. from Iowa, seems 10 come
rough his crusades and his bat
Is without having a single hair
his cowlick flattened down.
rs. Wallace grows prettier daily.
It'll never a sign OF care.
Life in the capital is getting in
nse. Certain ambitious social
imbers are paying large sums to
lblicity experts. This has never
opened before in Washington
1t in my remembering.
THE LAST PRESS CONFER
nee held in the White House by
rs. Roosevelt had been truly
orth while. She is a great lead
and a great lady. She has been
riticized as great leaders always
-e. have thrown in my share
doubts and fears. But l have
over doubted that she was one Of
e strong women of her genera.
on. In her independence as First
ady she gave other women the
purage to be independent, too. To
How the cause they had been
raid to try. She broke down bar
|ers and blazed trails. She was
much Of a pioneer as any woman
no Travelled in a covered wagon
trough an unknown country by
lie side OF her man. Franklin and
feanor Roosevelt were a team Of
|oneers. Between them they pull
heavy load.
For long time the White House
1ll mourn without them.