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Show PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY I J Many and Varied Duties This Gentleman Has to Perform The position of secretary to the president of the l'nlted Hlates Is an arduoua one. In the rendering of Ita multitudinous services It calls for the business qualifications of a methodical and aystematlc clerk In the performance perform-ance of the dully routine of otllrlul work, and the finesse of practical diplomat In meeting and satisfactorily adjusting situations which naim ally coma before him aa an Intermediary between the president and nn aaaorted public, each Individual of whl. a believes be-lieves himself entitled to a portion of the time and Interest of the chief executive. ex-ecutive. The task of handllna: and answering the White House mall la In Itself no small one, the president rocelvltm from 200 to 1,200 letters a day. - Important Im-portant or nof, each of these com-inuulrutlona com-inuulrutlona recelvis due attention, the aecrctnry carefully assorting and rlasHlfyiug them, presenting aome to the nersutial attention of the pnaident, referring othera to the department or person to which each proparly belongs, be-longs, while nil receive courteous acknowledgment from the president a representative. The secretary la also required to meet and dispose of the numerous visitors who call on the president ut Hums not act aside for his public receptions, and whose buslneaa ranges all the way from that relative to the appointment of a supreme court Judge or the governor of a turbulent territory to the obtaining of the presidential presi-dential autograph for a schoolgirl's album. To deal with thla heterogeneous heterogene-ous mass In auch a way aa to best serve the enda of both business and courtesy, while ernnomliing hla own time and easing the strain on the president'! personal attention by selecting the really Important from the trivial guest sorting the grain from the chuff giving offense to no one, and sending all away with pleasant words and smiling fucea, requlrea endless resources of tact and good Judgment The secretary la alao expected ex-pected to Veep at hla fingers' end the details of a I the olllrl il buslnevs of the executive office, and the president la likely to aend for him freqently each day to consult him regurdlng official engagements which bava been made by him, to scik Information and advise with him upon aome mntter under consideration, or, at a moment's notice, no-tice, to bring papera and data In some ense demanding Immediate attention.. Burceea. |