Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-12 | Page 1 | White House Gets New Publicity Man to 'Ghost Write' for Hoover

White House Bouse Gets New Publicity Man to Ghost Write for Hoover By PAUL R. R MALLON 1 WASHINGTON May 12 United Press h Fress-A A new publicity man JUan will flU be added to the White While House staff June 1 in fn conn connection with a reorganization of or Pr President Hoovers Hoover's secretariat The new man George A. A Hastings press promoter for tor welfare organizations organizations lions in New York will replace French Strother reputed ghost ghostwriter ghostwriter writer and research man for tor the president All recent presidents have required 1 the services ser of or a ghost writer in inthe inthe the manner of or celebrities who obtain writers to compose articles they do donot donot not have C time tinie to write So many messages public addresses es and statements statements statements state state- ments are arc demanded of a chief executive exec exec- that the cervices cervices' ervice of a a. competent competent compe compe- tent writer are required Just how much of a presidents president's prose is his his' own 11 composition and how much is La the work of secret secretaries rles is a l matter which both presidents Continued d on race Pace Seven White House Gets New Publicity Man to Ghost Write for Hoover Hoover from tram Pare Page One and their writers Titers have always considered con con- dered confidential Strother Is leaving the service nice to enter the tho fiction writing field while Hastings will bring Ing to the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House a background obtained as promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter and publicity man for a dozen New Nev York social organizations At 41 years ea of age ho he has been press representative of the committee on dependency and neglect of ot the White WhiteHouse House Howe child chUd health conference In Instructor instructor in- in 1 In the extension department Columbia uI university executive secretary secretary sec sea rotary of the New York State Stat Charities CharIties Char- Char tics Aid association and former executive executive ex ex- C secretary of the state com corn committee committee on mental hygiene I Rumored dissensions of the old secretariat which Mr Hoover Hoo installed In Installed installed in- in stalled when he first took office have ha I been dispelled under the revised rc system tern tem now In force fortt I Theodore Joslin former fonner Washington Washing Washing- Washing Washing-I ton newspaper man sits alts Its at the right hand of the executive the No 1 desk during the major portion of th the day receiving callers and handling the press preS He Is relieved from about abou 11 it until 3 each day by Lawrence Richey confidential secretary I Callers on public mL missions lons sec see Jos Jos- JosIn JoslIn In lIn but if their business Is private the they see ee RIchey His office is as je secluded se- se eluded as his part In the secretariat He wears morning clothes unlike th the theother theother other secretaries who wear business suI suits ts At the front door is the office o othe of the thc third or fourth secretary Walter Newton who vho handles political matI mat mat- I rs All AU political patronage Is handled han han- died through him