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Wilson Received News Lusitania - Was Sunk With Coolness; Had High Sense of Honor and Loved Truth By CHARI.ES I.. SWEM. lonHdfntltl Secretary and Stenographer to Woodrow Wilson during hU H|ht rear* In til* Whit* House. (Copyright 1925. Reproduction In any form prohibited.) CHATTER Ar. Air. 'Wilson's courage and his in egrlty were perhaps his most pronil ient traits. ■ Once he toolt his*posltion, and con vinced that he was l ight, he was stub born In maintaining It. He frequently Sedated that he cared little for con emporaneous opinion if he coutd be • lire of the approval of history. And he would not reply to criticism. Once when I joined in the effort to riave him reply to a charge, he said: "I will not reply. That Is what they want. Nothing is so effective as si lence. The thing that hurts most when you are attacking Is to have no attention paid to you." On the day that the I.usitania was sunk he displayed the poise that was ; haracteristic of him. He read the first dispatch without comment and then .-ode off to his usual game of golf. The day after, with the news con firmed, before contemplating action ne set himself to the task of replying ,0 the pile of telegrams that cluttered ..is desk, most of them urging im .aediate action, a few that he would .,ut be stampeded. "You may bet your head that this iilinlnletration won't he stampeded,” .i* declared. One of them urged him, n the name of God and humanity, to declare yvar on Germany, upon which is quietly commented: "AVar Is not declared in the name ADVERTISEMENT. BEWARE THE COUGH OR COLD THAT HANGS ON Chronic coughs and persistent colds head to serious lung trouble. You can •top them now with Creomulsion, an emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. Creomulsion is a new medical discovery with twofold action; it soolhea and heals the inflamed membranes and lulls the germ. 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Creomulsion Co., Atlanta, Ga. of God; It Is a human affair entirely.” Mr. Wilson frequently laid himself open to criticism by a tendency ap parently to procrastinate, to hold a decision in abeyance until forced by the event to act. This was deliberate on his part, for he was by nature con servative. In all essential habits of tnlnd, he wag a model of method and order; such as were not born of early mental discipline finding their source later In the necessity for conserving a physique which was none too robust to bear the burdens he put upon It. But he appeared sometimes to hesitate in his judgments. Sometimes he de liberately refrained from so much as committing them to the definiteness1 of speech of phrase for fear of re stricting their scope or discussion. He would not write his state papers un til the event was close at hand, and then one draft usually would suffice. There was little pa<chlng and revising to do to meet altered or forgotten con ditions. He possessed a ready facility of phrase, and when he sat down to draft a. document It was a token that he had the facts In his mind, had weighed them, and that his judgment was formulated. Made Own Decisions. When lie had a slate paper or a decision to write, he did not ask for advice so much as for information. He would gather all the facts to gether ss he would the material for an essay afid then retire within tlie seclusion of his own thoughts and form his decision. The Impression of him as a man Intolerant of criticism or counsel arises from this fundamen tal habit, the conviction that where was the responsibility, there must also be the decision. He had unlimited confidence In his own ability, possessing all the facts, to arrlv* at a correct conclusion, so that when he had a crisis to meet, his habit was to Inform himself of his subject, as exhaustively as possible, and then, regardless of all else, make his decision. \ And once he had made up his tnlnd, he held to his position through thick and thin. He would not bring a case "back into court” except upon new evidence. Mr. Wilson’s Integrity was as strik ing as either his courage or htsjlub borness. His distaste for the use of Influence, for dishonesty of any kind, or for misrepresentation, was so pro nounced that, if anything, in this respect he was inclined to "lean back ward.” One afternoon while he was spend ing a vacation at Cornish, N. H-. there was a collision between the secret service car following the presi dent and a private car. The private car was damaged to some extent. Although the driver of the car was equally at fault, the secret service man In charge promptly settled for the damage to the other car, send lng a notation of the amount, as was the custom, to the comptroller a ofl\cc of the Treasury .department. As I recall, the treasury authori ties ruled that there was no legal authority to pay tor th# damage front secret **rylc* funds, but suggested that th* amount Could b* paid front th* fund provided for traveling ex penses of the president and recoin mended that it be handled that way. Accordingly, a voucher was made out, charging the amount to the presi dent's traveling fund, and I handed it to Mr. Wilson for his signature. In doing bo, I explained the recom piendation of the comptroller's office. He looked at the bill and shook his head emphatically. “I won't do it,” he said. “That is not a legitimate government expense. I was on a pleasure trip.” And, drawing his check book from his desk, he wrote his personal check for the amount. On another occasion, he planned to go for one of his customary week end cruises on the Mayflower and gave orders that provisions should be made. Food supplies for such trips are always paid for from the travel ing fund of $25,000 provided by con gress. On this occasion, at the last mo ment, he canceled his trip after a large quantity of food had been pur chased for the trip. AA'hen notlfled of the perishable food on hand, he 'directed that it be utilized in feeding the crew of the ship, but when the government voucher w'as presented to him to sign he refused to expend gov ernment money for the purpose, and drew his own check for the amount. He had not traveled, he said, and it was therefore not a legitimate ex penditure to be charged to his travel ing fund. Another Personal Check. Once he required a cabinet member to execute a commission for him. It was strictly government business, but when it came to the question of reimbursing the commission for his traveling expenses, some question arose as to the government fund from which they should be paid. It was decided that, being a presidential commission, no fund was available for it in the department involved, and that therefore the expenses should be paid from the president traveling fund. Such recommendation was made to the president, and a voucher was made out for the amount. When I laid It before the president for his signature, he asked what it was for, and when I explained, he refused to sign and directed me to have his personal check drown for the amount. When I protested that it was not a proper expense for him to pay, since it was government business, he grave ly . shook his head and said, since there was any question at all, he would pay for it himself. "But don't let them know that t have done it,” he considerately direct ed, knowing that the cabinet mem ber would have paid it himself rath er than permit the president to stand for the expense. The most unique expression of his high sense of honor I find noted down on a piece of paper I preserved at the time. One morning after he had finished his work and I was about to leave his study, be called me back and said: "Pwem, T wish you would tell Tu-1 multy when T told him the other day 1 that l did not know anything about! the approaching marriage of Mrs.-j that I am sorry T had to lie to him. I did know it, hut had givtn my ! word not to divulge the secret.'' For a, moment I hesitated to con- I vey such an odd message. “Do you think it necessary to tell him?” I asked. "He will understand anyway.” Mr. AVilson thought a moment. ”Tes,” he said, "1 want him to know that I would not lie to him or anybody except under compulsion.” To Be (oniinued Tomorrow. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle ] ----' By RICHARD H. T1NGLEV Horizontal. I 2. The human race. 4. Small valleys. <j. A large vase. 7. A Hebrew high priest. 9. The presiding officer 11. Myself. 12. Goddess of earth 13. You (Biblical). 14. Preposition. 16. Portions. 18. A bracer. 21. Himself. 22. Musical note. 23. For Instance (abbr.) 24. Ourselves. 25. Stores. 28. A naval station in France 30. Otherwise. 31. Bike. 33. Apart (prefix*. 34. Negation. 35. Virulent. 38. Profit after deducting expenses. 39. An equine. 40. Reward. 42. The sun. Vertical. 1. A churn. 2. A parsonage. 3. Requiring assistance. 4. The sediment of liquids 6. Frozen rain. ti. The home of Abraham. 8. ITeposItion. 9. To do. 10. A straight line (Trigonomei i r ;.l solrtioii of yesterday’s Puzzle. ~ | • unction). i 11. Mother. c 15. Musical note. 18. A foollike organ 17. A light blow. 1!k Over (poetic). 20. An incision. i'<n Aii exclamation. 27. A Massachusetts city 28. A rude person. 29. Therefore. 32. Location. 33. 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