The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
WILSON WILL SPEND THIS SUMMER AT
 WOODS HOLE, MASS.
Summer White House to Be Established on Estate of Charles R. Crane on
 Buzzard's Bay
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Washington, March 29 President Will son will spend the summer at Woods Hole, Mass. where the summer White 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 good part of the executive offices there for at least the last two weeks ot June and all of July and August
 The Crane estate is an extensive coun- try place which overlceks Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound, and is close by Mar tha S Vineyard, an island which figures m colonial history. President Taft and his family spent their summers at Beverly, Mass not so very far away.
 The decision to take the President away for the summer is interpreted at ths
 White House as further evidence of the continued improvement in health whicn pr. Grayson, his personal physician, has been reporting. Up to t few weeks ago
 it had. in, fact been practically decided not to take the President away for the summer because it was felt he could pc better cared for at the White House. The plan to spend the summer on the New England coast, Dr. Grayson said, meant that the President would continue nis programme of motor ridins. possibly some short yachting trips, probably on the Mayflower, and might even get in few holes of golf if his improvement contin- ues.
 STAYED IN WASHINGTON
 Last summer, like his .irst in onice, the President spent in Washington. Otne.5 have been spent at cornish, N. Il. fne nrst summer, which was a very hot ons' Mir. Wilson put the air cooling plant ili .the White House offices out Vf commas sion and announced that inasmuch ts he was asking Congress to stay in ses- sion in the capital throughout the uos days, he would undertake 1t himself, ana he did SO
 The President did not return from the peace conference at Paris last year uqul midsummer. lie slent the next few weeks preparing for his long speaking "trip in the west, from which he returned a very sick man. to use the expression contained in pr. Grayson's official bulle- tin, and with few occasional motor rides of late. he has been confined to the White House grounds since last October.
 Secretary Houston has a place ae Woods Hole, near the sunmei hiss House and other beautiful estates are close by. pr. Grayson decided to accept Mir Crane's offer, it was said, because lie wanted the President away from the oppressive heat of Washington in mih- summer and because he wanted him near the salt water
 Under present arrangements the Presi- dent will be in New England while the democratic national convention is in ses- sion in San Francisco, although Coh- gress, from all indications now. will nomi- nally be in session, but actually will ye transacting no business by gentlemen arrangement between the leaders. Thers have ben some hints that the Presldeht might reserve the much expected official announcement as to whether ho wants . third term for presentation at the con ventlon, and if that be true, he prooaoiy would prepare his letter at the summer White House.
 The usual staff of secretaries, clerks, stenographers and secret service men will accompany the President
 Special telephones and telegraph wires will be installed, and to all practical pur- poses, the White House will be Woods Hole after June IS.