The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-11-22
OFFICES FOR PRESIDENT
Plan Of the New Building al
Washington.
BITTER QUARrEEs FOB CALLERS

Chisf ,isEistrnte win Have Three
Rooms % which ne can see Them.
Basement 20 Contain Fireproof "a.
ciIfffes For OnIciaI Records-xantes
saEzested For sew white House
doors.
some question he's arisen as 10 the
de-, lation ~ the new cfice bIildina
~ la, White House grounds. ROW
L.aanz completion. for the use q the
PRECEDENT flys the Washington CORE
slo dent oT the New York Evening
T Tho architects are deslr0us
slat rs should be called the Tempo
1sy Office Building" with an em-
u.asls suggesting that this is not a
permanent solution Cf the question.
10 ~ believe that the president Of tie
taI States should have = more dig.
niIed office home than this. and also
that ho should not become tenant u
one Of the department ediGces.
While this desire ~ the architects
VIII E-l some Response. the CON
reuience Of tine ..aw arrangement ls
houud 70 give it considerable perma.
uency. Tho new quarters. although
smaller than thnse which q railroad
president would occupy viii be ~
great an improvement over those r.
Gently vacated as 20 seem generous.
President Cleveland said that bis Of.
fee quarters at the White House
seemed 50 contracted, after an official
residence in the state capitol at Al
bany. as 10 make II hard to realize
the size Of the promotion involved in
the transfer.
There will be three rooms In which
the president can see callers. His
own room will occupy the southeast
corner Of the. structure and look out
over the lawns and gardens Of the
south front The cabinet room, where
be can entertain other callers besides
those Tor whom il is specifically de-
signed. opens ont Of the presidents
room and occupies the northeast cor
ner Of the building 4 little ante
room. Just the right size FOR a conf.
Dental chat. separates the presidents
.oeice from that Of his private secre-
rary and makes a third place az his
disposal A telegraph room. % which
a president often has occasion % 90,
in connection with personal messages,
lies between the private secrctary's Of.
fee and the large room Tor the clerical
siaf. There ls in addition, a beautiful
reception room. into which the visitors
directly enter from the outside; IL is
lighted from q glass dome and pro.
vided with a welcoming fireplace.
The basement OF this new building
will contain 6reproof facilities Tor the
official files and records. the first time
any security Of this kind has been pos
sibie. The White House itself, IL may
be remarked incidentally. is also being
treated with hreproOfing material In
all it's first floor partitions. The proba-
bilities are that President Roosevelt
and his successors will so thoroughly
like the new Office arrangement that
there will be little motive for change
10 a more pretentious structure. The
quarters just vacated by the presiden-
1ial offices have been made a part OF the
White House chambers; they consti-
tute two suits. each OF very large
room, small one and "A private bath.
The old cabinet room will be made a
presidents study. while for the library
opening out OF II cabinet work book
cases are in preparation.
A question over designation Is raised
not only by the temporary office build
ing, but by each OF the four entrances
OF the rejuvenated White House. II
might not be a bad plan, since the ann
bilious politician has long used the
metaphor. In speaking OF his intimacy
OF the White House. that he did not
go In at the back door," 10 name the
new doors according 10 their uses
There will be four entrances at as
many points OF the compass, Why
should not the place hunter and Ordi.
nary caller. who will 20 to the tempo
rary office building during business
hours. be described as visiting the
White House westy' The persons i'm
whose honor a reception is given might
be described as going TO the White
House SOUTH" the rest OF the guests in
vlted socially will enter az the White
House east" or at the treasury end OF
the new terrace. The presidents per
sonal visitors will enter the White
House north"