Show HuH H Hugs gs ne Oes Birthday WASHINGTON Oct 2 UP UP- UP Cordell Hull was 69 Wednesday and too preoccupied with world affairs to think much about It The secretary of state stat who was born in a backwoods cabin in Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- but has lias an international outlook which belies the provincial provincial provincial provin provin- cial limitations of his early background background background back back- ground was at his desk as usual well veil before most of the state department department department de de- de- de staff There the rapid record of a world drama of staggering dimensions pass ass before his eyes In Inthe Inthe the he official ial l dispatches from abroad which help to guide American foreign foreign foreign for for- eign policy at one of the most periods in the nations nation's his his- his his- tory I Keeps J Vigor His white hair may be a bit whiter his stoop more pronounced and his movements a little slower but ut in gener general l Hull shows slight traces of the strain that has accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac compa companied his seven and a half years as secretary of state Except for the congratulations of at associates and friends Wednesday was just another day for the secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of state And a day with him runs something something something some some- thing like this An early breakfast In his hotel suite a few blocks from the state department A walk his only exercise tolis to td his lis office which he usually reaches about a. a m. m Desk Is Piled High There at a big desk piled plied high with official papers he sits most of the day with a short period out for lunch and occasionally a trip t i if j jW jr r W of i fi 4 2 rt yf e. e r Y CORDELL HULL Event went unnoticed across the street to the White House At 5 or p p. p m m. he picks up upa a bundle of documents and walks home The government furnishes him a car and chauffeur but he rarely uses them between his hotel and office He shuns official functions usually usually usually ally spends the evening alone with his wife going through the papers he has taken from the office Building cooperation among the American nations for both military and economic defense and helping Great treat Britain by measures short of war are now his chief consid consid- I |