The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-27

for Vice-PreSidents, writes George
 R. Holmes, Washington correspond ent.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Pity the poor Vice-Presidents of these United States!
 The job, take it from From" Mar shall and "Cal' Coolidge, isn't what it's cracked up to be.
 It pays only $12,000 a year, which considering the entertaining that goes with it, makes 1t almost a total loss so far as financial betterment is con cerned No Vice-President yet has ever lived on his salary, it is said. Now comes wealthy, philanthropic matTon of Washington society, Mrs John B. Henderson, widow of the late Senator Henderson, of Missouri, and offers to donate outright, with no strings attached, palatial mansion in Washington where the V. P.s may live for ever more without seeing the rent collector once month. Mrs. Hen- derson proposes to establish a home for the Vice-Presideut, an official resi- dence, and Congress is getting excited about it and threatening to stop any such proceedings.
 The home Mrs. Henderson proposes to give the Government has just been completed. It is one of the most pala- tial and costly mansions in the capital, built of marble, containing many rooms. It is situated on Sixteenth street, in the heart of the fashionable residential section of the capital. It cost in the neighborhood of half a mil lion dollars. Mrs. Henderson desires it to be a memorial to her husband and to her son, John B. Henderson IT., who died recently.
 She sets forth that it has long been somewhat of disgrace that the Vice. President of the United States should be homeless in the nations capital, at a salary of $12000 a year. Quarters appropriate with the dignity and scope of such an office cost almost that much alone in these days of high rent. And if Congress will accept the gift, she sets out Vice-Presdents for all time to come will be spared the in- dignity of joining the army of house hunters in Washington and at the same time will be assured of quar- ters commensurate with the dignity of their job.
 Congress, however, is hesitant about accepting. There are many who be lieve it would establish dangerous precedent for the Government to ac cept such gift.
 Also, it is pointed out by opponents of Mrs. Henderson's plans, it would take more than $12,000 annually tt maintain such place as the new Hen derson castle. No single cook ant maid-of-all-w could ever hope tt care for it's forty-odd rooms. There would have to be buffers, first maids second maids, footmen and whatnot and Congress has secretly alway rather enjoyed having the Vice-Presi dent lone of the folks"
 If Mrs. Henderson's castle is ac cepted, it is pointed out, a poor mal will be forever barred from taking th' job, because he would have to liv' in the castle, and no one could do i on $12,O00 year.
 On the other hand, those in favor O accepting the gift declare Mrs. Hen derson should be paid the complimen and be given the thanks of Congress for having thus solved problem tha has been troubling Vice-Presidents since John Adams-where will the V. F. live and how?
 In recent years the Vice-Presidents have usually lived at downtown hotel in the winter months and es capped from Washington whenever Congress was not in session. 1 Congress is not always as dull as ii may sound. Occasionally there are exchanges between "the gentlemen