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
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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 ]
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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.
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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. A slow-moving molluak.
38. Any.
37. Nova Scotia (abbr.)
41. Decay.
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