Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-10-03 | Page 4 | A Washington Daybook

i I IA i A Washington Daybook i By HERBERT HERBEET PLUMMER 11 I I v WASHINGTON October 3 The 3 The president of the United States is js not alone alore in having his own private physician to see that he keeps physically physically physically cally lit fit The house howe of ot representatives has its Us doctor from octor from the navy navy just just like Doc Doe Boone at the White House Dr pro George Calver Calvert however can canh h hardly be said to wield the same authority au- au hority over his charges that Dr Boone exercises at the White House As yet he has ordered no early morning sessions of ot medicine ball balluch such uch as Boone suggested to the president Hl HU mission Is more to advise than thano to o command Thus as you stroll through the house office buildings or through the house lobby i itself elf type big post posters rs warning of this and that arr arrest t your attention There are arc so 50 many of ot them at that one cant can't escape cape reading them hem HOT AIR CHECKER The good doctor b bids ds his charges to o avoid excessive fatigue If flu breaks out he comes along with a a. list of general suggestions as to the best way of ot avoiding the malady In Inthe the house chamber he has set up upa a little boxlike instrument which carefully records the temperature and he checks it carefully to make sure the atmospheric conditi conditions ns under under under un un- un- un der which congressmen work are cor- cor lect He holds himself In readiness for any emergency Members have been known to collapse on the floor of the house Martin Madden of Illinois was stricken one day while In the chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber and died shortly thereafter As a matter of fact Dr Calvers Calver's appointment is a result of these several several several sev sev- eral prostrations in the chamber Fred Britten of ot Illinois the naval committee chairman put through the resolution calling for the doctors doctor's appointment Frayed nerves cause many to seek him out At the close of the last session of ot congress he was treating a a. score or more of such cases NO OFF HOURS Many of ot the members call caU on the doctor lr off oU hours He attends them and their families at home If flu fluor or colds are rampant he is a a. very busy buy man for he must do double duty A pleasant mild mannered and popular man Dr Calver looks little mUe like the tho conventional physician It is easy to mistake him for a member of ot congress as he goes about I Ithe the business of medicine in the left wing of or the capitol Incidentally Dr Calver has at fit his disposal in the house expert advice should he ever need it Swick of ot Pennsylvania of New York and Summers of Washington Wash Wash- ington were general practitioners be before before before be- be fore coming to congress Woodruff of Michigan practiced ed dental surgery