Evening star., 1961-01-01

Forget about those New
Year resolutions you planned
to make todayl
You know what always
happens to those. Besides.
it's not our own faults that
really annoy us. IT'S those
things we can't control that
are 90 trightfully irritating.
So this columnist put her
favorite New Year question
to o cross section Of
prominent Washingtonians:
"What pet peeve Of yours
would you like to see elirn-
mated in 1862"
JAMES HAGERTY, Pres
ident Eisenhower's press
secretary. replied with such
vigor and feeling ! almost
fell on my chair. "That's
easy. Government" he ex-
claimed. 81 am going to get
out Of it once and for al!
! have been in it. State and
Federal. for 1S years. and I
have had enough Of IL. You
are on the spot all the time"
Chats one reason why
President elect Kennedy
hasn't had an easy time
getting 3 cabinet together9
Anyhow, Jim is headed for
Q vice presidency at ABC.
but be can't even admit It
lest so1ne question Of con-
fiict Of interest arise while
hes still at the White House.
After January 20-freedomi
MRS. HUGH ID. AUCHIN-
Gloss, mother Of Jackie
Kennedy, also had no dim
Guilty In answering the
question. MY pet peeve.s
she said, sis being asked
How does it feel to be the
mother-in-law Of the pro-
spective rresident?' Literally
hundreds Of people have
asked me that for the past
two months" said Janet with
an almost end d-of- -the-rope
note In her voice.
'.And can you remember
one single mother-in-law Of
one single President, starting
with George Washington,
except Mrs. Doud, who was
the present Presidents moth
er-in-l -law?s she asked. No,
! confessed, ! couldn't, ex-
cept for President Truman,s.
Then, in her customary
good -humored calm, she OBJ
served that there must be
better ways Of becoming IA
NOUS. For zone has to think,
who was Abraham Lincoln's
mother -in-law? We all know
about Mary Todd, but who
knows who her mother was?
And you never hear Of George
Washington's. m mother-in-
law" In short, Mrs. A.
seems to be saying, If she's
headed for oblivion why all
this to-do about how she
feels?
ADMIRAL HYMAN ID.
RICKOvER, father OF the
atomic submarine, first said
he felt too good toward every.
body to have any peeyes.
When reminded this did not
sound like his usual peppery
self. he said his No. l peeve
was People who misquote
speeches I have made or
articles ] have written. Any
man Is entitled to his opin-
ions. but no man Is entitled
to misstate facts"
Musing ON this for Q Sec
ond led him to his next pet
peeye: That we are not
sending . space ship TO the
moon soon enough because
] have 3 long list Of candi-
dates for q one-way trip"
"Now you're talking like
your old SELF" said !.
MRS. DAVID X. e. BRUCE,
who has been chatelaine Of
our Embassies In Paris and
Bonn, and who is reported to
be the next chatelaine Of our
Embassy In London. didn't
hesitate Q second in naming
her pet peeye.
"Piped-in music to q cap
tive audiencel It makes me
angrier than anythingl In
Q bus. In an airport. In Q
piai1e--no matter where you
are-you have to listen and
you can't get away from IL.
And it's always the wrong
thing"
Christmas week she had to
wait for, o plane so long she
heard Christmas carols for
three solid hours in the
busting discomfort Of an
airport. BY the time she
boarded the plane those lovely
melodies were practically
ruined for her. "It was the
wrong setting" said the
beautiful Eyangeline.. who
thinks we could use more
peace and quiet in this world
and less rustic and hustle.
BILE WALTON, the artist
and former newsrnan who is
probably closer to Jack Ken
nedy than any other friend,
said his pet peeve was people
who look ct your paintings
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