Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1928, Page 7

CO0LDGEFAVORS VACATION CAPTAL Declares Health of Executive | Would Be Aided by “Sum- mer White House.” By the Associated Press. To Herbert Hoover and other Pres- idents to come may go the benefit of President Coolidge’s suggestion that the Chief Executive be provided with a country: White House. Only a few months before his retire- ment from office, the President has de- clared that the health not only of the President but of the mistress of the | ‘White House would be benefited if there were some place in the hills near Washington. where they might go to escape the heat and tedium of Summer. Writing for the fifticth anniversary of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, President “loolidge said: “As a President about “o retire, I feel at liberty to write of certain phases of that office which one who was entering upon its duties might feel some hesitation in discussing.” He declared that he referred to the health and physical condition of the President, adding “not so much for my ewn sake as for my successor.” Is “Healthiest President.” “I have often remarked that at least 1 had one distinction,” he continued. “I have been the hiealthiest President | that the country has ever had.” President Coolidge said that he had accomplished this by systematic ex- ercise and regular habits and then after talking of the arduous duties of a President and the necessity for conserv- ing his strength, he made his proposal for a country White House. ‘The article, addressed to Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the Post-Dispatch, follows: “Your message advising me that the Post-Dispatch is planning on cele- brating its fiftieth anniversary with a special edition containing contributions from various people and requesting me to send you an article dealing with some phase of the presidential office has been received. A half century is an exceed- ingly respectable age for a newspaper in our country. That period has seen the development of the community which you serve from a thriving town to a great metropolis, in which your publi- cation has taken an important part. Pays Pulitzer Tribute. “Your distinguished father, Joseph - Pulitzer, was for many years one of the leading figures in the journalism of the United States and left his publications strongly marked with the force of his own character when he handed them down to those who are worthily carry- ing on the various enterprises which he had built up. Those who, like my- self, have known him by reputation, and his successors by personal contact, may well join you in celebrating your coming anniversary. “As a President about to retire, I feel at liberty to write of certain phases of that office which one who was entering upon its duties might feel some hesita- tion in discussing. I shall briefly ex- press my opinion concerning a subject which. is often broached, but about which nothing is ever done, although it is recognized by every one as a matter of the gravest importance. I refer to the heaith and physical condition of the President, not so much for my own sake as for my, successors. I have often re- marked that at least I had one dis- Hinction. T have been the healthiest President that the country has ever had. “My ability to keep well has not been due. to a particularly robust constitution or any extraordinary efforts in physical exercise, My habits have been regular. late hours. Very little work has been! done before breakfast, but usually I have taken a short walk, and during the Winter season a more extended walk before dinner, which has been my chief mode of exercise. I have kept a couple of vibrating machines in my room, which I found helpful. It will be scen that in the matter of exercise my efforts have been toward a con- servation of time. Such activities have been adopted as could be put into oper- ation at once without the necessity of a change of ciothing or travel to some THE EVENING in the Navy Yard in Washington and is fitted up for the use of the President whenever he may desire to go aboard. The handicap about the Mayflower is that it must necessarily.go down the Potomac which is & change of view and of considerable relief, but affords no change in altitude and very little in climatic conditions. “The movements of the President are STAR, WASHINGTON, press of the United States can bring about this desired result. I am certain | that if you would take it up and pursue it with the vigor which always marks the advocacy of any cause in which you believe you could undoubtedly prove an important factor. If this could be done, future Presidents and future mistresses of the White House would have a great deal for which to thank a very ponderous operation. Other offi- | you, and you wou.d have the satisfac- cers of the Governmeit can travel with |tion of knowing that the celebration of | a considerable degiee of freedom. If|your fiftieth anniversary has been an they wish to spend a week end at a opportunity for a real service to our D. €. MONDAY; DECEMBER 10, 1928 CHINA’S NEW TARIFF tlons include these approximate levies: cotton piece goods, 10 per cent; gro- cerles, 17%; fresh fruits, 10; ettes, 6 to 59; ), silk plece goods, 22!5; artificial silk, 1415; silk manufacturers, 2215; men's clothing and haberdashery, 1715: HELD CONSERVATIVE| T pets, 17%; woolen piece goods, 15; iron ke | Schedule Called Reasomable At-| Do J i B0l P B rea producte. i | T15; cereals, flour and free chemicals. tempt to Avoid Burden on | 74z SeICh e, 7 cents (gold) & | gallon; lumber 10 per cent; leather shoes, 222: shoes of other materials, 1715: motor ~ trucks, 12'%; pleasure cars, tires, and accessories, 2215, and Commerce. car- | other location before exercise could | hotel or a club, they can do so without begin. | dificulty. They also have. greater lib- Stresses Need of Rest. | “At the time I took office there was | | considerable discussion of what could | be done to remove all unnecessary bur- | dens from the President. Some legis- lation was proposed. I did not look |upon that with much sympathy, per- haps because unconsciously I may have | felt it would b2 a declaration of weak- | ness, but certainly because my esperi- | |ence in public officc made me know | that whether I was to be overburdened | with work and broken down in health depended more on myself than any | act of Congress. | “The duties of the Presidency are ex- ceedingly heavy. The responsibilities are overwhelming, but it is my opinion that a man of ordinary strength can carry them if he will confine himself very strictly to a performance of the dutles that are imposed upon him by the Constitution and the law. If he permits himself to be engaged in all kinds of outside enterprises, in furnish- ing entertainment and amuscment to great numbers of public gatherings, undertaking to be the source of in- spiration for every worthy public move- ment, for all of which he will be earn- estly besought with the inference that unless he responds civilization will break down and the sole responsibility | will be on him, he will last in office about 90 days. There are certain ad- dresses which the President must make, certain appeals to which he may re- spond, like this one which you have made to me. But in the vast majority of cases he must and should decline. | | It is, of course, obvious that the President should not burden himself | with details. Those should be attended to by his departments and his office staff. He should not do any work that he can have done by others. Such energy as he has should be directed not so uch toward doing work as makinz certain that the work is being well done. Needs Change of Alr. | “There is, however, one thing which | the Government could do, which I think would be of great physical assistance to the President. Washington is prac- tically at sea level. Its climate is an| exceedingly good all the year round | climate, but at times the humidity is| high and unrelieved it becomes mono- tonous. the President is the naval boat May- | The only place he can enter without |time each Summer ic attended with a The only avenue of escape for | s erty in accepting private hospitality. When the President moves it is an event. A laige retinue follows and ex- pensive preparations have to be made in advance for his reception and care. considerable preliminary disturbance is the White House. “For these reasons it seems to me that some place should be provided in the hills within easy striking distance of Washington where the President might go for two or three days at a time when he was so disposed, witl: conveniences for entertaining members of the Government and other guests, where he could have that freedom of action which he has umiy ot the White House, and where he could gev » am- plete change of atmosphere. Mistress Needs Change. “While I have made no mention of the mistress of the White House, she is, of course, to L considered. The public little understands the very ex- acting duties that sh> must perform and the restrictive life that she must lead. Fully as much as the President, she needs an opportunity for a change and some place where she can have the seclusion of the White House without a constant reminder of its obligations. “Thres or four years ago some thoughtful-minded person left a legacy of $200,000, which, I should judge, would have been ample to provide a place of this kind within 60 or 75 miles of Washington. It had a proviso that it should be accepted by the Congress. I did not give the matter any thought at the time, and the Congress never paid any attention to it. Had it been accepted, a country house would now be available. “Such a residence would not be in a strict sense a Summer White House, but if such a place had been provided I should not have desired to leave Washington so early in the season or return so late. Being dictant from the Capital for a considerable length of good many inconveniences, even when we have the use of the airplane for mail purposes and a special wire run- ning into the White House. 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