Show LOOKING BACK OVER FIRST YEAR I WITH NATIONS NATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE n Br Associated Pitts WASHINGTON Mar March h 2 Q 2 One 2 One c year ago today Franklin D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt happy appy and confident started from his Hyde Park N. N Y home to assume the presidency and in that carefree way of his beckoned to accompanying ac ac- companyIng newspaper men to follow fol fol- fol low ow along on his making history trail I venture none of ofus us had bad any idea what busy bwy days were in prospect even when he told the nation on inauguration inauguration in in- was going to be action At the end of ot the first year the same smile wreathes the presidential face ace and perhaps p even more confidence confidence d dence nce perv pervades des his conduct From Front the start Franklin D. D Roose velt veil has given th the impression lon of a aman aman aman man absolutely at home bome in the dency More lore Informs Informal Than EverIt Ever If lf there has been any change he heis heis hes is s even more more Informal informal than ever He Helas has las looked look d tired at times during the momentous days day of this busy year car but ut his good h and n his high spirits are the talk of those who como come in close cose contact with him Mr Roosevelt mixes work and fun tun A few minutes after quitting g his desk he le can be heard laughing and frolickIng frolick frolick- lag Ing ng in the nearby swimming pool in a ducking contest with Gus Gw Gen crich his hI bodyguard He Is a great kidder and his secretaries sec sec- Louis Louis' Howe Marvin H. H McIntyre Mc- Mc Intyre Steve Early and Miss Mar Mar- Le Hand are always on guard for or a p presidential Joshing lies Haa Uncanny Knowledge The president has both an uncanny knowledge of the incidents in the daily ally lives live ot of his personal staff and an n ability to surprise his callers fre- fre with the Intimate knowledge of f the many vast problems brought before him He is a careful reader of the papers apers particularly those of his home state tale and New York City Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose- Roose velt elt invariably lingers in bed to eat cat breakfast skim through the morning papers apers I and chat with wilh his immediate associates Secretary Postmaster General Farley Lewis Douglas director di di dl- rector ector of f the budget Secretary Hull Hulland Hulland and md his secretaries are are among the most frequent of the e early morning callers allers in the White While House proper Schedules Schedule Mean Nothing i The be pr president gets gels to Ito his desk in I 1 I i rj r 4 I 4 4 4 the he executive office for official for official business busi bUst ness neu about 11 a. a m. m He may begin hu his us engagements for the day on time but iut the he never keeps to schedule ex cx- when he has to catch a train or ori make a 1 speech Once In his office he goes right on I through until 6 C or 7 p. p m. m invariably eating from a tray on the desk which he share with whoever is the luncheon guest gu st of tho the day Formal dinners arc nrc less frequent than usual He doesn't like them He doesn't like formal dress dres s and it takes a lot of insistence sometimes by Mrs Roosevelt to win this point Nights vary yary at t the White While House Howe 1 t Z r 4 p 4 t 2 L 4 4 41 t. t ar arA A n nation Struggling Inthe in inthe the throes of depression took new courage one year ago g Sunday when Franklin D. D Roosevelt took office as president of the United States The chief executive i la b lashown shown as he Accepted the nations nation's highest 4 post poat There are occasional motion picture shows as in the days of Presidents Coolidge and Hoover There are almost almost al al- most always house home guests usually friends of the family Business sometimes is tc resumed um d at night conferences He retires retire between between be be- tween 11 and 12 p p. p m. m and usually reads before turning out the light Mr Roosevelt doesn't worry about speeches speeches speeches-doesn't doesn't seem to worry I about anything but anything but he will put off writing a speech until the last possible pos pos- sible albie moment His addresses ses are rarely rarely rare rare- ly longer than 20 minutes and he has established a record in the brevity of his messages to congress also congress also a record in the number he has sent Dictates Own Speeches He dictates his own speeches am and messages and rarely changes them th m monce once they are on paper although he often otten interpolates as he reads them Informality extends to his official correspondence The other day he addressed Speaker Raincy Rainey in a letter let ter on the bonus as Dear Henry His letters accepting the resignations o of Secretary Woodin and Raymond Moley were addressed Dear Willand Willand Willand Will and Dear Ray Mr Roosevelt surprised newspaper newspapermen men by e establishing o open n press conferences con conferences conferences allowing a a direct exchange of ot questions and w ans-w answers rs He seems to like the give and take of these ex cx- examinations and h here re again kidding is mingled with the serious L business of the hour Interviews Anywhere He has submitted to press Interviews Interviews interviews inter Inter- views on his schooner fogbound in Lak Lakeman's bay Maine in his hI dusty automobile on a roadside In Warm Springs Ga on his railroad private car car and at a luncheon table in the of a 8 C C C camp on a Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia mountain It has been a busy year year the the bankIng bankIng bank bank- Ing holiday a special session of congress con conS gress abandonment of the gold standard standard standard stand stand- ard establishment of the N R A and the he agriculture adjustment administration administration adminis adminis- the London economic conference conference conference confer confer- ence and war debts negotiations the establishment of a new monetary tern tem em and more I It is hard to pick out of personal recollections any anyone one incident above another In the newspaper mans man's parlance he has been making news news' as the year whirled past The hearty laugh still echoes out ut of the presidential office the proc proc- executive orders and messages messages mes mes- sages are coming Just as fast as ever everand and smiles still cover the cares of the presidential aides aide as they leave the conference room at the WhiteHouse |