Show WHAT WEARS OUT PRESIDENTS WHAT is it that wears out presidents presidents dents of ot normal vigor r in times Umes that are anywhere near normal It Is s snot not the big things for tor the men I elected are aree usually big enough to handle them and any good mind Inan Inn in inan an an n emerge emergency cy can can ri rise to the occa occa- sion It is the little things and the little men It Is chiefly the horde of ot citizens who want Jobs for tor themselves themselves them them- selves and their friends and who hound any tolerant president b beyond yond the limits of ot human endurance about petty appointments th that t ought tc to tobe tobe b be made ade automatically on merit or orby orby orby by some routine system conducted by cabinet officers or departmental heads Few appointments except to the cabinet the the supreme eo court rt o ol of ford for eign Embassies are Important enough to occupy the time of ot the the rulers of people Yet ha he Is continually by the necessity of passing on appointments of all sorts including the signing of I the commissions for tor army and navy officers and particularly the naming naming nam nam- ing of ot postmasters This last named task Is the least important of all The Is supposed to be out of politics Yet Yeta a vast political significance mostly fictitious is attached to the appointment appointment appointment ap ap- of or postmasters in most communities Surely It is time tiNe to do away with willI all such nonsense nonsense and give the man 1 with the biggest Job in the world a chance to handle his work vork with tho the freedom from tram Petty letty detail etall and personal per per- personal Intrusion which characterizes characterize jour our big business men men men- men Chairman an Gary Oary or Henry Ford for tor example Neither t of f them permits or is ili permitted per mUted to to have his strength and time wasted wasted by an endless series aeries of or callers callers call call- I ers and lett letters s 's and telegrams from the mob hunters and privilege e seeker seekers and aimless Wl who always flock to places of power pow pow- ir tt Any U president to do his 1 eat st and md o conserve his strength must mUll touch tOl only the thEl high spots of government govern lovern- In ment Ill I'll I and ld be let lot alone Ingres should give the U 1 sary bary relief where legislation i tp if re re- re The reform however depends de- de ponds on the president hImself ns os I much as on congress |