The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can make themselves felt with a president, how they can back him up, express themselves to him, be expressed by him, and get what they want

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THE GHOST IN THE WHITE HOUSE


SOME SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW A HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE (WHO ARE SUPPOSED IN
A VAGUE, HELPLESS WAY TO HAUNT THE WHITE HOUSE) CAN MAKE THEMSELVES FELT
WITH A PRESIDENT--HOW THEY CAN BACK HIM UP--EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO HIM,
BE EXPRESSED BY HIM, AND GET WHAT THEY WANT



By

GERALD STANLEY LEE

Author of "Crowds" and "Inspired Millionaires"



"_The White House is haunted by a vague helpless abstraction,--by
a kind of ghost of the nation, called The People_"


NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
681 FIFTH AVENUE

Copyright, 1920
BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

_All Rights Reserved_

First printing        May, 1920

Printed in the United States of America



TO

JENNETTE LEE



Transcriber's Note: Chapter XXII in Book II was printed without a title.




CONTENTS


BOOK I

WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPECT OF THE PEOPLE

    I Gist                                                          3
   II The Lonesomest Job on Earth                                   4
  III The President and the Ghost                                   6
   IV Real Folks and the Ghost                                     12
    V The Ghost Receives an Invitation                             16
   VI What a Body for the Ghost Would be Like                      20
  VII The Ghost gets Down to Business                              25
 VIII Three Rights of Man in a Democracy--The Right to Think       27
   IX The Right to be Waited On                                    32
    X The Right to Whisper                                         36
   XI The Right to Whisper Together                                39
  XII The Right to Trust Somebody                                  41
 XIII The Right to Vote All Day                                    46
  XIV The Skilled Consumer                                         48
   XV Sample Democracies                                           51
  XVI The Town Pendulum                                            54
 XVII The National Listening Machine                               58
XVIII How the National Listening Machine Will Work                 62
  XIX Making a Right Start                                         64
   XX Up to the People                                             66
  XXI The Way for a Nation to Speak Up                             68


BOOK II

WHAT EACH MAN EXPECTS OF HIMSELF

    I G. S. L. to Himself                                          75
   II If I Were a Nation                                           78
  III What the Mahogany Desk is Going to Do                        81
   IV Rules for Being Lied to                                      85
    V Getting One Man Right                                        87
   VI Getting Fifty Men Right                                      89
  VII Engineers in Folks                                           91
 VIII The Great New Profession                                     92
   IX Getting People to Notice Facts                               97
    X The Fool Killers                                            100
   XI The Whisperers                                              102
  XII Mr. Dooley, Judge Gary and Mr. Gompers                      103
 XIII Fooling Onseself in Politics                                108
  XIV Swearing Off from Oneself in Time                           112
   XV Technique for not Being Fooled by Oneself                   117
  XVI The Autobiography of a Letter                               120
 XVII The Man Fifty Three Thousand Post Offices Failed On         124
XVIII Causes of Being Fooled About Oneself                        126
  XIX Loco-Mindedness                                             128
   XX Flat-Thinking. Thinking in Me Flat                          131
  XXI Lost-Mindedness                                             133
 XXII                                                             137
XXIII Self-Discipline by Proxy                                    139
 XXIV Machine Mindedness                                          142
  XXV New Brain Tracks in Business                                143


BOOK III

TECHNIQUE FOR A NATION'S GETTING ITS WAY

    I Big in Little                                               147
   II Conscious Control of Brain Tracks                           149
  III What is Called Thinking                                     151
   IV Living Down Cellar in One's Own Mind                        156
    V Being Helped up the Cellar Stairs                           160
   VI Reflections on the Stairs                                   166
  VII Helping Other People up the Cellar Stairs                   169
 VIII Helping a Nation up the Cellar Stairs                       173
   IX Technique for Labor in Getting its Way