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First in line for the public reception which followed was, as in the past four years, John W. Hunefeld, Washington house painter (TIME, Jan. 12, 1931). Painter Hunefeld almost lost first-place distinction this year. He was disappointed to find three Government clerks and a 14-year-old boy waiting at the west gate of the White House grounds when he arrived at 7 a. m. They lost their places, however, when President Hoover had them invited in for bacon-&-eggs, gave them a quick handshake on his return from a game of medicine ball...
...monocle as well known abroad as that worn by Sir Austen Chamberlain or the late Baron Ehrenfried Gtinther von Hunefeld arrived in Manhattan last week on the S.S. Bremen. It came securely fixed in the eye of German Tenor Richard Tauber who, to perfect the scene, carried a pet dachshund under each arm, Fritzi & Mitzi...
...John W. Hunefeld, Washington housepainter, who for three years had proudly led the Public past the President at the New Year's Day reception, again headed the procession when the White House doors opened at 1:30 p. m. That day President Hoover shook 6,429 hands...
With the Marine Band dinning in his ears, Citizen Hunefeld took note of the bodyguardsmen (secret service) standing about. They could not be too careful guarding the President's life. Some crank might get in. McKinley had been shot that way by a man with a revolver under a handkerchief. President Harding had been asked to wear a bullet-proof vest at his first reception in 1922 but refused. An experienced receptionist, Citizen Hunefeld knew he could not put his hands in his pockets; he had seen women warned to take their hands out from under their furs...
...Happy New Year to you." And the President gave Citizen Hunefeld's hand a hearty shake. Like many another, Citizen Hunefeld observed that President Hoover's handshakes were less rushed than President Coolidge's, that the reception line moved along more leisurely. In all that day President Hoover greeted 6,348 officials and citizens, the largest New Year's reception in many a year. The warm air in the White House, the heavy scent of flowers, perfume and outdoor clothing, drove the President out on the rear portico for fresh air twice during the three-hour...