European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fiore focus afr. President by Harry Ferguson up staff writer a there is a legend that the first m. Presidential news conference was held by John Quincy Adams while he was standing up to his neck in the Potomac River Clad in his  lady journalist sitting on the Bank beside the president s clothing gave him the option of talking or continuing his swim indefinitely. He talked. Presidential news conferences have been held in Many ways and served Many Pur pose since then. Reporters with Long serv ice in Washington atoll Are talking about the one president Kennedy held last month when he denounced the proposed increase in the Price of steel thy say you have to go All the Way Back to Franklin in Roose velt to find an instance where a president obviously was so angry. His Irish was up and he was in a sort of White fury one of them Sall his temper never got out of control but you could see he was a fax  for usually was affable and seemed to enjoy  few Bev but of May 31. 1935, he topic the a but tip off the fail an began talking abort people who wanted to return the the bars and buggy  he was angry at the supreme court f cur what it was doing to some new Deal legis lation and subsequently he tried to turn the tide by increasing the court s member ship from nine to ii he was Defeated when his opponents started making pointed remarks about changing the rules in the Middle of the Ball game just because the opposing team had enjoyed a big inning. A Preslier is sort of like a Man trying to pick his Way through a mine Field whence appears at a news conference. Warren a Harding set off the biggest sex Niolion when he informed reporters one Day that the United states France and Britain were committed by a Pacific treaty to guarantee the integrity of the japanese Empire. That was news to the state department which quickly realized Harding had not done Bis Homework and set about repairing the damage. That was the end of verbal questions and answers in the Harding administration. The president stipulated that questions must be submitted in Advance in writing and he invented a ghostly Char Acter known As the White House  that was Harding himself but re porters were not allowed to say so. The least productive news conferences Ever Hel in Washington were presided Over by Calvin Coolidge. He continued Harding a practice of demanding written questions in Advance and they were on his desk when reporters entered. Almost in variably Coolidge did not choose to talk. He would take a Long draw through a Cigar m a cardboard Holder give a Tenta Tive shuffle to the pieces of paper on his desk and end the proceedings by saying i seem to have no questions from you men today and i have nothing to  Goren on Bridge dec Ujj both vulnerable. North  k j ?43yes 46543 West kq1097 East 108 aj8 South 42 of a k j 93 akqj3the bidding North East southpaws pass 29 2 it pass 3 Ujj 34 pass Terestea in american politics White s Book is must. Barney Korea hot the Best of sick jokes compiled by Max Rezwin Perm Book s ick jokes Are strictly a matter of individual taste. One thin this collection demonstrates is that editors of sick joke anthologies have to reach Jusi As far Back into the past As editors of any other Type of joke collection. If you like the mrs. Lincoln and mrs Custer variety of gruesome gags you May find some jokes you Haven theard in this collection. Sample the editor hanged himself a few minutes  they Cut him Down not yet he in t dead,1. Blk Between heaven and hell by Francis Irby Gwoltney popular Library of you have a weak stomach you won t like the realistic detail 1 of death in Jungle warfare As described in Between heaven and hell the Day the Century ended. On the other hand. If you Ukia Good War Story this is it. Sam Gifford who tells the Story in the first person to the son of a wealthy Cotton tycoon i fictional Gray s Landing Ark. Be join the National guard along with the rest of the Fellows in town became if to thing to do. When War to declared their univ Goe to us Sofoli fact into mat flunk expert nees to Jungle turf Tutag on left As to ice Fott inform Ara Gore. The i Tel Rimert a Saart Tore Ufa told in thoth Hydra. J author Gwaltney works oat a whole series of conflicts to keep the account tense. Rat Wright Friday May 4, 1962