Statesman, 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. Vexed by the burdens and
criticisms that go with the presi
dency, the father ef hit country oa
one occasion cried out:
"By God, Td rather be la my
grave!" ,
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