Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1929, Page 26

2 PRESDENT 0 SEAD ANNUAL WESSHGE Decides to Have Clerk Read It Rather Than Go to Capitol for Purpose. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Prsident Hoover has decided to send his message to Congress when it con- venes in regular session next week, rather than go in person to the Capi- | tol to read it. Intimates of the President are known to have suggested to him that he go to | the Capitol and read his first annual message, bitt the President made it clear that he preferred to send this document rather than to appear before Congress himself. No reason was advanced by the Pres- ident for vetoing the suggestion that he follow the custom revived by Wood- row Wilson and carried out by Warren G. Harding. It is believed that his real purpose in preferring to have his mes- sage read is his genuine dislike for reading aloud to any large gathering. He is satisfied that the trained reading clerks of Congress can accomplish the Job much better. It is thought quite likely that in reaching his decision Mr. Hoover re- called eriticism in congressional circles of President Wilson's practice. Some members of Congress felt they were being lectured or dictated to when a message was read to them personally by a President. This same criticism also marked President Harding's per- sonal reading of his messages to Con- gress. George Washington personally read his messages to Congress, but from his administration on down to the time his custom was revived by Woodrow Wilson, the Presidents sent their messages to Congress to be read by clerks. Presi- dent Harding followed Mr. Wilson’s ex- ample, but President Coolidge tried it only once, and after that he returned to the more accepted practice of having the presidential message read while he remained back at the White House. President Hoover has virtually com- pleted the writing of his message. Some sections of it have been put in type by the Public Printer and the proof sheets ‘were submitted yesterday to the Presi- dent for correction and editing. ‘This idea of having & message printed g Net Bags +Palm Qil Soap o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1929. far as presidential m: concerned. As proof sheets of these sections of his message reached his desk, yesterday, Mr. Hoover sent for those ments were more or less directly inter- ested in the subject treated in the printed sectlons. He first had Post- master General Brown closeted with merce Lamont, then Secretary of In- terior Wilbur and finally Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. in his own handwriting or typewritten | pages. This is the reason he is having | his message printed in sections. | President Hoover has a number of } vitally \important subjects to treat in his message, and it is easy to under- stand his ~ painstaking preparation. Moreover, this is his initial message to Congress and he is conscious that it is being looked forward to with more than ordinary interest. Prominent among the problems to be discussed by him in this documcnt is tariff revision, which Congress in its special session just ended, was unable to complete. Naturally enough what he | has to say on this subject at this time will be of great interest. Mr. Hoover's great program for a gigantic Inland waterway development program, which was revealed in his recent Louisville speech, will' be set forth in definite form In this message. Cther vital probiems to be discussed are prohibition and law enforcement gen- crally; foreign relations, reorganization of the executive departments of the Government, with special recommenda- tions affecting prohibition enforcement and those agencles dealing with war veterans and their dependents; public bulldings program; railroad consolida- tion; conditions in the Fedcral prisons and tax reduction. Regarding prohibition and law en- forcement, it is thought unlikely that the President will be ready to make any specific recommendations as to legislation other than that necessary for the transferring of certain enforce- | ment_activities from the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice. It is understood also that the Presi- upon the negotiations with Prime Min- ister Macdonald of Great Britain which led to an agreement of naval parity between that nation and the United States. The opinion of those associated with the President is that he will have fin- ished his editing and correcting by tomorrow and that the speech will be ready later that day for distribution. If not it will be ready Wednesday. in pleces & 10 spea; 1 & new one. 0| SNOW IN CUMBERLAND him. Then followed Secretary of Com- | g;.i.1 Dispateh to The Star. —The snow which fell in this city | having fallen in the snow on the side- ‘The impression is that Mr. Hoover | over the week end was responsible for finds it easier to edit his writings when | several accidents. Freezing weather he sees his thoughts in cold type than | made traffic hazardous. Coasting is general over the city. Bryan Swick, Oldtown road, is in Me- B e braln and €uis on the head CAUSES MANY MISHAPS | received when his sled on which he was o coasting ran into a parked car. ‘William, 7-year-old son of William members of his cabinet whose depart-| .. o gled Suffers Concus- Torkington, Patterson avenue. sustained sion of Brain' in Col- a fractured arm when he slipped and fell in the snow on the school play- lision, ground. Mrs. Jos&?hb!'-lhei Grln:vflle‘ for- merly of mberland, was brought to CUMBERLAND, Md. November 25.| Alleghany Hospital with a fractured leg, waik in front of her home. 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