Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-20 | Page 4 | Merry-Go-Round

Round Merry nd Trade MarkBy Mark B By DREW PE PEARSON end and ROBERT ALLEN LLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Now Now that the president is to abandon the Sequoia one feature of the yacht which was kept an absolute secret by the secret service can be told It is the location of the presidential presidential pres- pres suite aboard the vessel The public doesn't generally realize that the secret service maintains just as rigid vigilance while the president is on a cruise down the Potomac Potomac Potomac Poto Poto- mac as when he is on one of his trips across country The theory is that while while the presidential yacht yachts is s lying at anchor durin during the night as it usually does on week-end week cruises anyone could come alongside In order to guard against fire storms or an any other accident the coast guard vessel Cuyahoga always trailed the Sequoia at a distance of yards maintaining constant communication by ra radio radio radio ra- ra dio telephone On the Sequoia the presidents president's cabin was lo located located lo- lo on the main deck port side a little aft of amidships It was cut out of the main saloon where he was served his meals On the Electra new presidential yacht built of steel a special suite is being fitted out for him Life on the Potomac Life aboard the new yacht will be essentially the he same as aboard the old Sunday morning the president resident sleeps late No sounds are all allowed owed on onboard onboard board until the buzzer from the presidents president's cabin announces that he is awake and ready for break break- fast In the White House he is called every morning A Filipino cabin boy brings his tray and the Sunday papers The ship rides at anchor 80 miles down Chesapeake bay from Annapolis but the presidents president's plane has come alongside at with the papers The anchor is weighed and the cruise is re re- re- re The president goes out on the after deck deckand deckand deckand and takes a seat in a wicker chair The cabin boy brings him magazines and anda lra a folio of dence r H 4 He reads two or three magazine articles that have b been en marked for his attention Then a bulky report from a cabinet officer Then with more pleasure he examines the latest issue of or the American American American Amer Amer- ican Ph Philatelist to see what rare stamps are arc being offered on the market Miss Marguerite joins him and he turns to recent correspondence There is no dictation He hands her one letter at a time with a brief instruction She makes a note and is ready for forthe forthe forthe the next The writing will be done don next day in Washington Presidential Ji fishing hing The president calls to guests on the lower stern deck How about a little fishing The anchor is dropped tackle taken from the bunker and the cans of lure fish-lure are opened The lure flure is thrown into the water to bring fish along along- side The catch may be hardheads trout or bluefish All are edible and provide food lood for the next mea meal mealon on board Fishing was poor during the summer cruises Before noon the president must head north again with miles to go up the bay and the Potomac river to Washington The Sequoias Sequoia's cruising cruising cruis cruis- ing speed is only 10 knots an hour Dinner pinner is served in the dining saloon on the main deck with its teakwood panels blue rug and gold drapes at the windows There is a ships ship's clock that strikes three bells as the meal begins and a radio that plays softly during the meal The rest of the day is spent on the afterdeck where tea and supper are served The whole party of 10 or 12 are together there There is practically no private talk no hi high h powered huddie huddle hud hud- dle die between the president and a guest Time is spent in chatting reading watching watching- the passing shoreline Copyright 1 1933 by United Feature c Syndicate Inc lac