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Show I - : : i : : f-1 c -r... ' 'iv.-tDt!) 5 I: : to ! r . " .v: . f 3 I; 1-d;.-.t. T!.3 t..:a cf jrlvite crtlary th?a was i:ti:s r -' tv i 1' ; c! an i. anutn;;:3. Tc lay It ii ft i - '.:ic.i of lr..". jence. and ! f ov, er, anl there are timcj v.hen the secretary the President Presi-dent ii hi ?eli as tard to eee as the rmiat hi.nsc:f. Firty years bjo. therefore, the private secretary to the President was rot ft person of the importance to newspaper men he is row. and roost ot the report-era report-era aal correspondents of those days dally nought and obtained interviews vitii the i'resiient. Now, there were men whose personal relations were such as ta admit them Qulcis.ly-to the Chief Executive, while others tad t be content con-tent with obtaining their news supplies from the Eenators or Representatives or Cabinet officers trho had talked with the President. - rresiif'Ij Accerdllt. ' ; A Newspaper men nowadays have access ac-cess to the President, but they oo not Intrude upon his . privacy, except in cases of absolute necessity. They usually usual-ly ret all the Information that is to be had by talking with the secretary or an assistant All newspaper men in Washington Wash-ington fully realize the immense amount of work devolving upon the President, and the. fact that he has few spare mmutea. . When, however, they, need to reach the fountain head of news he is accessible. - -- i President Roosevelt himself Is most ! accessible to newspaper men yho need to see him. He knows bow to talk with tbem and leave to their honor and rood Judgment -the handling of what he may say to them. He talks freely on occasions occa-sions and upon matters- not In shape for publication In the newspapers, but his confidence Is appreciated by the recipient, re-cipient, and weeks or months pass before be-fore a word of what has been said by the Chief Executive rets in prtnt. " Ztust Heep Faith.' While tt is pleasant to 'the 'newspaper reporter thus to have the confidence of the Chief Executive or of a Cabinet officer of-ficer or member of Congress,rh frequently fre-quently regrets that he is the custodian of facts that be Is prevented from using, us-ing, inasmuch as some other man who has not been placed in a similar position posi-tion is often at liberty to- write the story whenever he has secured it from a source that does not place the Inhibition of confidence on him. Many rood stories ret oat to the world through men who are not thus held in restraint of rood faith, while the man poesesslnr official confidence may - have had complete knowledge of the facts weeks before. |