South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-30
WILSON PREPARES
TO MOVE OFFICES
TO SUMMER RESORT
President Will Conduct Exec.
utive Business From Woods
Hole. Mass.
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press:
WASHINGTON, March 29-Pres't
Wilson will spend the summer at
Woods Hole. Mass, where the sum-
mer white house Will be established
on the estate OF Charles r. Crane,
the Chicago business man recently
appointed minister TO China.
Arrangements already are being
made for moving the president and
his family and a good part OF the
executive offices there for at least
the last two weeks Of June and all
OF July and August The Crane es-
tate is an extensive country place
which overlooks Buzzard s BAY and
Vineyard Sound and is close by
M1rtha's Vineyard, an is and which
figures i'm colonial history. Pres't
Taft and his family spent their sum-
mcrs at Beverley. Mass, not so very
far away.
Continues Improvement.
The decision 10 take tn president
away for the summer is Interpreted
at the white house as further evi-
dcncc Of the continued tu provement
i'm health which Or. Gr0yson, his
personal physician, has been report
ing. Up 10 a few weeks ago it had
in fact been practically decided not
Co take the president away for the
summer because IL was felt that he
would be better cared for at the
white house. The plan 10 spend the
summer on the New England coast
Or Grayson said. meant that the
president could continue the pro-
gram Of motor riding, possiti,' short
Yachting trips, probably on thL May
n q in fnTE
holes of golf If his Improvement
continues The trip from Washing
ton will be By train, the MayfioWer
going up later.
Last summer. like his first in
Office. the president spent i'm Wash
inxton. Others have been spent at
Cornish. New Hampshire The first
summer. which was "a very hot one.
Mr.. wilson put the air cooling plant
i'm the white house offices out o.
commission. and announced that in
as much as he was asking congress
10 stay i'm session In the capital
throughout the dog days, he would
undertake it himself. and he did so.
Prepares for Tour.
The president did not return from
the peace conference at Paris last
wear until midsummer and he spent
the next few weeks preparing Tor
his long speaking tour in the west,
from which he returned "a very sick
man" To use the expression con-
tained in DIR. GraysOns official bull
letiu. and with the exception OF
few occasional motor rides OF late,
ne has been confined 10 the white
house grounds ever since last Octo-
bcr.
Secretary Houston has place at
woods Hole near the summer
white house and other beautiful es-
tstes are close by. DIR. Grayson de-
cided 20 accept Mr. Cranes offer.
IL is said because he wanted the
president away from the oppressive
heat OF Washington in mid-summer
and because he wanted him near salt
water.
Congress in session.
Under present arrangements the
president will be- in New England
while the democratic national con-
veution is in session in san Francis
co. although congress from all indi-
cations now will nominally be In
session. tut actually viii be trans
acting no business by gentlemen
sgreernent between lie leaders
There have beer some hints that
the president might reserve the
much-eXpected Official announce
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