The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 28, 1975, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextStatesman, Salem, Ore.. Sun., April 28, '57 (Sec. III)-21 Almo , By ROGEft GftEENt WASHINGTON, April IT III ; Since the day; George Wash ington, almost . every America president haa com under Art lor atraying from kia desk la timet of waaniagtoa was taking a le'jurely three-month vacation at hi beloved Mount Vernon ia Vir ginia when Indiana on the war path indicted bloody defeat an American force acrosa the moun , tain la Ohio. It took two month for new of the diiatter to reach him. Woodrowv Wllsoa waa playing Golf when a mestenger brought him the newt that a Germaa U boat had torpedoed the Lutitania. aignaling Germany'! retumptioo ef unrestricted submarine warfare to World War!. Iranklla D. Roosevelt ; oftea made vital-' decision affecting World War II. without benefit of ' hi Cabinet's advice, while week ending at Hyde Park. N. Y. - la fact, FOR visited either Hyde Park or Shangri-la, hi Maryland mountain retreat, no less thaa t5 times fat the, momentoue first U months alter toe Japanese attack c Peart. Harbar. . Liked it Cratoe 'en Petscaae ''And Harry I .Trumaa loved to Cruise the Potomac or bask in the aun at the-Key West, Fla.. naval atation while crucial event were brewing In the East . West cold war. Truman was visiting hi home town of independence. Mo, when the Korean War broke out, ' Both Roosevelt and Truman were roundly assailed for their toura and travel, particularly wnea made at public expense. FDR's cruises aboard Vincent As ter's yacht, the Nearmahat, aroused tuck resentment that he finally abandoned the practice. Criticism of the nation's long 'airing of foot-loose presidents has been tempered somewhat by aowing recognition of the fact that the chief executive at least ia modern time i called upon te perform what is 'described aa the toughest Job oa earth; Impelled te Seek Escape ' The public la recent "year ha begun to realise that eve a pres ident ia human and a such i desperately Impelled, at times, to escape from the terrible burden and tendon ef the highest office la toe land. Yet the question remains wheth er a president should leave the sfc 5 All :U.S. Presidents' Blamed for leaving Desks at Times of Crisis capital for aa extended period ( During hi first four eare in wnue cniicai prooiem are piling oince, uaennower maae in jour- Author Dies i V''""7 I WASHINGTON, Conn, April . i 7 Phil Stent;, St, ovel. '' 1st who wrote "8 tat t Fair", aad other popular keek, died af a heart at- tack yetterday. (AP) McClellan Asks Federal Regulation .Of Welfare funds I NEW YORK.' April 37 'laV-Sea. lata racket arobea have shewn a -need far federal regulation of welr ' fare fund administered by man agement as well as those admin istered by labor, Sen! John L, Mc Clellan (D-Ark said Friday. - He made the statement a the Senate Racket Investigating Committee he head quizzed a pa rade of labor officials and teir un ion foe in a closed-door session. Among them was William C. DeKoning Jr., bead of the Long Island Operating Engineer Lxal which ha been involved in alleged collusion with contractor. ' VW got along .very pleasant ly," DeKoning' lawyer, James G. Blake, told reporter. DeKoning. who pleaded guilty in 161 coercion case, took aver leadership of the union after hit father, William C. DeKoning Sr., went to prison on a 1HI extortion conviction. The committee also heard from ii member of a reform group that haa unsuccessfully fought De XMiing1 leadership. A leader of thlt group. William Wilkin, de clined to, say what he told probers. Hungarian Bread Draws Complaint VIENNA, Auttria,' April V ID - A reader wrote to the news paper at veisprem in Hungary commenting aa the government eeerated bakery: . "Flrat I found piece! of glass. lugs, bit af string and lead la the bread, but said nothing. Then the bread came out burned, sour and dirty, but tlU I held my 'Finally, yesterday at lunch my mother produced half a razor blade from her mouth. What are up oa his desk. The "absentee" president issue cropped up agaia last month when President Eisenhower embarked aa the cruiser Canberra for a six- day Journey outside the United State to confer with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillaa la Bermuda. With Vice President Nixon still away an his African good -will tour and President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles both In Bermuda, the country waa left without the immediate service af the three top. figure la the ad ministration i chain of command. Ia effect, it left nobody to "mind the store" la Washington at shaky stag af the Middle East crisis. . . .. Us CHMetsa Maee maeae frllll-Um l riunluiinr'i mtik. going for golf! fishing and quail hunting wa dwindled perceptibly line hi heart attack la Septem ber JIM. Recently, however. . there has been an upsurge of barbed com ment on capital Hill about the frequent excursions of the Presi- away from the Washington scene even though they are- ia direct commualcatioa with the Whit House. When Elsenhower play golf Secret Service agent packing radio walkie talkie set - walks around the course with him to receive any urgent message. The President' hah-triggered sensitivity on the subject of hit golf waa reflected at a recent new conference whea William McGaffia ef the Chicago Daily new raised in issue. McGaffia asked whether Elaea- hower, a an economy measure to help, trim federal (pending, would be wilting to do without two helicopter which he said had beea "proposed for getting you out to the golf course a little faster." Tt aiiMtlmi mmmmA Ia fl tV Eisenhower on the raw. At men tion of the words "golf course," tne rretioent stiffened. I , don't think much of the be said curtly, "be cause Be helicopter have been procured for me to ge to a golf course." McGaffia hah rose. "WeH-' he beeaa. : Thank vou." ihe President mapped. "That la all." First report of the White House acquisition of the two whirlybird had caid they would be used to take , the President, to Washington National AlrporWto avoid down town' traffic? congestion and might be used to carry him to the Burning Tree Golf Chib ia nearby Maryland. Later, the White House said the 'Copter would be used chiefly for transportation to the airport. The record shows Elsenhower travels more than any president ia history, but ranks only third ia average number of day per year pent away from the nation cap ital. Beeerd of Presidential Travels Here, at a glance, I the record i presidential travel ever the lact half, century: f -..; Average . mileage - per year in office - ' ' - Eisenhower , , :il.84 Trumaa - -T . Roosevelt - M.tot Harding M.Wo Wlltoa i.19.J0Q Hoover '': MM Ceolidge .......... , Average day per year (pent oa trips and vacations Roosevelt : - . , ,. 131 Taft 131 Eisenhower (A) Ceolidge ,w- Trumaa Harding - , Wilton . Hoover . (A does not include II day in Denver and Gettysburg while Eisenhower convalesced from hit heart attack. Among the three top traveling presidents, Eisenhower leade with aa average of 37 trip per year, compared with U each for Rooee- velt and Trumaa. aey away from Washington, in cluding U to Augusta. Ga., and XI to his farm at Gettysburg. Roose velt took 387 trips la hit 11 year, while Trumaa rang up 177 trip la hi 7 year and I month. At Eisenhower quickly discov ered oa entering the White House, galfiag president! have long raised a bugaboo ia the public mind. '. Favored Ptaylag la Private William McKinley. the nation's first golfing president, created a ling, wrestling and Jfujitsu at the storm ia UM when he appeared White House and bear hunting in oa the golf course at Hot Springs, the Rockies. Va. not for playing but for let- William Howard Taft, despite ting; people tee him swing at the 'hi enormous girth, was a dyed- tittle while ball. The mayor of in-the-wool golf i Beaten fumed that the President ought to play ia private. McKialey hated exercise any way and sooa gave up the game. Next came Teddy Roosevelt with hi flashing teeth and cries of "Bully I" whea he wacked the ball, but the sport was loo tame for TR'a explosive. nature. After a few rounds, be went back to box- eai aanser oeggea mm to con ceal the fact that be wa playing the "newfangled" game during aa election campaign, but Taft ig nored them. As president, . Wood row Wilsoa played golf two or three time a week evea during World War I. jgure with A grim, hard-slashintli aa atrocious titce, Hilsoo used a 1 . red -painted ball 'for winter anew. Ha Harding ia Upper tea r?pla seldom laving broke in-the-wool golf enthusiast. Politi4 By contrast, Warrea G.. Hard ing, a lashioo-pute la plut lours, played ia the upper toe.' Calvia Ceolidge sometimes slipped away from the White House for nine hole on the private course of , Washington publisher Edward B. McLean, but the ex pense of baying proper equipment galled Coolidge's Vermont thrift Once, playing with pre Fred Me- r the dry-spoken Yankee President snapped the shaft of his, club. . , Abhorring the thought f having to buy. a new club, Coolidg an xiously aougnt reassurance: "Freddie," he demanded, "that can be fixed, can't it?" . Franklia D. Roosevelt ' played golf, aa assistant Secretary ef the Navy, but gave it up when strick en by polio. Harry Truman liked to walk, but not with a golf club ia hit hand. He woo critical acclaim, however, at a poker player. .. r A cut above the averaae week' end duffer, Eisenhower play in the mid-COs pn his "good days." A trick football knee, injured in hit cadet days at West Point, atiU bothers hit awing, but ha hits straight, crisp tee shots anywhere from 17S to 2-3 yards. Eisenhower ia dead serious from tee to green. Par ia the enemy, and the man who led the Allied armies to victory in Europe in World War II was never more in tent upon conquering the foe. . , Although he consented to a sec ond term, Eisenhower haa made little secret of hit occasional dis taste' for the White House Job. Once, after a bad round at the Gettysburg C e u a t r y Club, it President remarked wryly; "I think that was my worst round in a long time. All I caa say ia that this ia better tnaa be ing ia Washington." George Washington put It more bluntly. 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