Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1942 — Page 9

A DN "TY NYY : ¥ YY rly 1 his son, Elliott, Who 4s on foreign/alt y tching up 1 ! BR A ny FE 5 RE 4 : oN MY Ss Tha LEQ - |duty as a lieutenant colonel in the|right back to work .at the White |velopments and climaxing with “ : : ] army air force. He was welcomed|House within an hour after arrival. capacity press conference.

Zk : : \ i ; ST : =a : to the ranch by Elliott's wife, Ruth, “(Merriman Smith, United Press staff correspondent who covers the y : Se

White House, was one of three newspapermen who’ accompanied dent Roosevelt on his $754-mile swing around the country. Here is

bis day-to-day diary of the trip.)

Aboard Train

SEPT. 17—We left Washington at 10:20 p. m. under a blanket of such effective secrecy that very few knew of our| There hasn't been a presidential eross-country|

departure.

Swing since 1938 when Mr. Roosevelt went to the Pacific

"coast. The presidential special is smaller and far less luxuri-

ous than in peace times.- The Baltimore & Ohio railroad

plans to keep the same diner on the train for the entire trip ~—quite an undertaking in picking up fresh food at frequent |

intervals. Only train changes are to be the engines.

Secretary Stephen T. Early at dinner tonight told the three * press association - re-

porters, only newspapermen to accompany the president: “Boys,

you're going to see some amazing sights.” 'No:one doubted him. Detroit SEPT. 18—The “amazing sights” began. Chrysler tank arsenal at 1:30 p. m. and a detailed tour of the assembly lines where the mur-derous-looking Gen. Lees are turned out in heavy and increasing volume. The star of the show at Chrysler was Emil Zyczynski, a “tanker” or test driver of the 30-ton brutes. He aimed his tank "straight at Mr. Roosevelt's car, walloped at high speed through .a watery bog and Jerked to a halt about 10 feet away from the president’s car. Secret service men were frightened os. Roosevelt afterward asked us or the name of the “tanker.” We told her and she mused, “Isn’t that America for you.” At Willow Run, Henry and Edsel Ford, looking more like brothers than father and son, showed off the world’s biggest bomber plant. The president asked right off about the midgets who work in the tight spots on the big B-24 bombers, and was introduced to two of them. Big, hearty Charles F. Sorensen, Ford

genius, explaining that Willow Run is not in full production yet, said: “Production is like a funnel—you have to fill it before it starts running out of the little end.” Willow Run is filling rapidly.

Great Lakes—Milwaukee

SEPT. 19—Up early in cold blustery rain blowing in from Lake Michigan at the Great Lakes naval

training station. The president, despite the rain, ordered the top down on his touring car for a better view as he drove 32 miles through the freshly-broomed streets of the nation’s biggest naval training station. Then a quick run up along the shore of Laké Michigan to Milwaukee and a visit to the giant plant of the Allis-Chalmers manufacturing Co., where Mr. Roosevelt took the workers by complete surprise. Girls winding insulating material around generator parts were so flustered when they looked up and saw the president grinning at them that their ordinarily nimble fingers went stiff and clumsy. The president, realizing that thousands of war workers toil at night, visited with the midnight shift at the Federal Cartridge Corp., plant between St. Paul and Minneapolis, going into the new and shiny bullet factory about 11:15

Here are President Roosevelt. and members of his family at Camp Pendleton, the marine training base near San Diego, Cal. At the right are Lieut. and Mrs. John Roosevelt; Mrs. James Roosevelt and Mr. and

Mrs. John Boettiger, F. D. R.’s daughter and son-in-law.

tour of the nation’s war industries. ;

The reunion occurred during Mr. Roosevelt's

at their machines but shricked, particularly the feminine swing shifters, when they_saw who was looking over their plant.

Aboard Train

SEPT, 20—Today spent on train hustling west through North Da-|

kota and Montana, rolling through! the plains country into the great mountains of the west. Nippy aut-

umn weather, a welcome change from hot and humid Washington. Brought out heavy suits and top-

Mr. Roosevelt remained in his private car throughout the day. The train ‘made several service stops in North Dakota and Montana. - The people at the railroad station of Mandan, N. D., watched the servicing of the presidential train with close interest and speculation was high as to the identity of the carefully guarded private car.

Athol, Ida. SEPT. 21—Mr. Roosevelt spent the morning watching the beautiful scenery. of the Rocky mountains

hgspital and training station, the marine training station and Consolidated aircraft. Then to the home of son John, a navy lieutenant, for dinner before starting east.

Aboard Train

SEPT. 26—All day on the train with no stops except to service the engine. President rested and watched the countryside of Arizona and New Mexico rolling past his window.

Uvalde—San Antonio

and the three children of Dutch Branch ranch, Chandler, the 8-year old girl, and the two boys, Elliott Jr., 6, and David, 8 months. After riding around the ranch and lunching with the family, which included Mrs. Roosevelt, who stopped off on her way to the West coast, the president drove to nearby Ft. Worth for a brief inspection of the Consolidated bomber assembly plant.

‘New Orleans—Camp Shelby

SEPT. 29—The president left his train after an early breakfast in New Orleans to see the Bayou St. John boat-huilding “factory” of Andrew J. Higgins. The president saw landing boats, anti-submarine boats and the speedy motor torpedo boats in mass production. Mr. Higgins, a blustery, two-fisted shipbuilder, took great delight in showing the president how he builds boats on the second floor of his plant, as well as the first—something amazingly different from the shipyards seen on the West coast. A brief train ride and lunch, then Camp Shelby, ouiside Hattiesburg, Miss. Crowds of townspeople crowded the streets of Hattiesburg to stare at the president’s train as it passed through. The president rode 13 miles through the 360,000-acre reservation and ' reviewed the 85th “Custer” division.

Ft. Jackson

SEPT. 30—On the homestretch with most of the day spent traveling through Georgia and South Carolina to Ft. Jackson, near Columbia, where the president reviewed the 77th “Metropolitan” division. Travel-weary members of party beginning to say “only a few more hours and a bed that doesn’t rock.” Fourteen consecutive nights on a Pullman gives you sort of a perpetual St. Vitus dance. The president, however, is the best traveler of the party.

Washington

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unfold as we sped acrass Montana, |200n at the quiet little village of paying close attention to evidences hare the Supday Sein Was of forest firé damage to the luxuri~| Nance Garner rattling - through ant spruce forests. Stopped in the|town in his 1929 roadster to shake early afternoon to inspect the raw|hands with the president while ihe beginnings of what soon will be altrain stood beside the Uvalde stahuge naval training station nestled tion. Mr. Garner looked chipper in Align ‘ Athol. Ida. S and healthy, squinting in the bright a Rockies near A Oh da, Stas Texas sun as he climbed into the the president arrived. Mr. Roose- Presiaenty car shouting, “Well, God | Yolis. danger, An na, in a flaming Spent the afternoon at San Anwy ag | er Husband, Pri tonio visiting Kelly and Randolph of prime presidential interest, fields and reviewing a full division however, were grandchildren Sistie 3 (LFO0E UEWh op on the review and Buzzie who've grown up since ed 3 » Sam Houston. their famous grandfather last saw Ft. Worth

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Seattle

‘SEPT. 22.—Up early in smoke and fog at Ft. Lewis, Wash., where the president reviewed crack infantry troops just returned from six arduous weeks of desert maneuvers and saw thousands of men ready to fight. Then by car to the Bremerton navy yard: where the president . saw wounded battleships getting ready for action again and shook hands with wounded sailors who have felt the blows of Japanese attacks. Lunch at the admiral’s quarters over-look-ing a scene of busy naval construction, then the president drove to the Boeing aircraft factory outside Seattle for a quick inspection before going to the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and John Boettiger, for a bath and dinner before boarding the train.

Portland, Ore.

SEPT. 23—The day began with a slow tour of the Vancouver, Wash., plant of the Aluminum Co. of Amercia. Mr. Roosevelt inspected the ovens where alumina is reduced to molten aluminium and poured into 50-pound ingots. The big stop of the day was at Portland, Ore. shipyards of construction genius Henry J. Kaiser. Anna Boettiger, the president's only daughter, sponsored the launching of a new victory ship, getting soaked in champagne from head to foot as a result of her powerhouse swing with the bot{Je as the ship started down the ways. Mr. Roosevelt spoke briefly to the workers.

San Francisco

‘SEPT. 24—By train during the morning through the Cascade mountains to San Francisco where the president inspected the Mare island navy yard and the embarkation station, at Oakland where soldiers, sailors and marines were sailing off to war. The most touching sight of the day came at the Mare island hospital where the president talked to wounded sailors and marines and was decply moved by their suffering.

Long Beach—San Diego

SEPT. 25—The busiest day so far. First stop in southern California at Long Beach, near Los Angeles. Drove through thick fog to. inspect the big Douglas aircraft plant | where planes py the hundred were h % ‘| coming off ly the un lines and | 4=Same secu {right out to a big airfield for test- or Sri ing, then delivery to the army. Then down the coast by train to BALVAGR San Juan Capistrano and the"beau- : Fe ———— tiful old mission where the swal- : ee v lows find haven each spring. By PRN car along the edge of the Pacific to the old Rancho Santa Margarita Las Flores, now a huge training center for marines. The president went into_every room of the old ranch | house, built in 1828, and sat for a while in the patio admiring the beautiful hibiscus and oleanders. for a quick/inspection of the naval

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