The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20


 Many of those close to the Presi- dent say his concentration on these problems is so intense that when they are settled he would like to step out and retire to the peace and quiet of Hyde Park.
 Roosevelt's absorption with things military and diplomatic, his veering away from things do- mestic is the most important basic change in the l2 long years since 1933.
 In the days before the war he met with scores of politicians, economists, business leaders. Evenings after dinner in the early years his Brain Trust would bat out ideas galore on the economic state of the nation bat them into the air, discuss them, reject many, accept few. Those were the relatively care fire days of picking the rabbit out of the hat" having new trick for the economic ills of the nation.
 At that time also, Roosevelt got around among his fellowmen, despite his physical handicaps, more than any other President in history even more than William Howard Taft. His travel record formed a restless zig-Zag graph across the map Of the U. $. A. When he wasn't travelling, Mrs Roosevelt was, and her reports came in almost daily by private White House wire or telephone.
 Today the old Roosevelt Brain Trust is gone, and the new brain trust which Sur- rounds him is composed of ad- mirals and generals. His con- centratiOn at night is not upon economic ideas tossed up by the Columbia professors, but on the map of the Pacific and the map of Europe, where blue, red, green and yellow tabs indicate the number of divisions Stalin has thrown into the battle of Poland, the amount of armOr Won RunSredt has in reserve in the west, the exact where abOuts of the battleships, cruis- CTS, airpiane carriers and de- strOyers guarding the islands of the Philippines.
 More than any other one man, Roosevelt helped to build up that armada, and he watches every barnacled bottom - knows when it was last scraped, the caliber of it's guns, how many hits it took in the last engagement-almost as if each were one of his chll- dren.
 HOW ROOSEVELT WORKS
 But aside from the change in the subject matter of his work, Roosevelt'S methods of work have changed little during his long years in the White House. He is awakened every morning about 3:3O by his negro valet, Arthur brewing his own coffee on a bed- Prettyman, has breakfast in bed, side table.
 OAudIy WAbhIC ID oSAAA AAA bed, the personal cabinet drops in-his daughter Anna, Henry MOrgenthau, Harry Hopkins, Steve Early, Judge ROSenman, Pa Watson. They plan strategy and line up the days busi- ness.
 By 9:3O he has read five news papers, shaved himself. and is in the Lincoln study where he works for an hour before going over to the executive office fol the usual round of callers. This continues, with luncheon at his desk, until p. m. when a pike oi mail and reports occupy his time until around '.
 There was a day when FDK stopped work a bit early for plunge in the White House swimming pool, but that rarely happens anymore. Vice Ad. miraI Ross McIntire, the Presi- dents personal physician, urges him to get more relaxation and, at one time decreed that he was not to have business luncheOns at his desk. But between the demands of the war and the demands of health, the latter usually comes second.
 THE PRESIDENTS HEALTH
 It is no secret that the Presi- dents health has suffered some- what from the wear and tear ol the most relentless. ravaging JoE in the world. Many others have broken completely under the strain, and the lines on Roose- velt's face show he has not come stand surety for him. It was sal that of the men who entered tn league, only one was again guilty ( stealing.
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