The Washington times., 1924-04-24
WHITE HOUSE IS.
EXPENSIVE To .
KEEP UP
Allowance Of $3os,41o in
1925 Recommended to Pay
for Maintenance.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

BY Cosmopolitan News Service.
If the President Of the United
States had to maintain the White
House establishment on the salary
granted him by Congress, no one
but a multimillionaire could hold
that exalted office without running
into an annual deficit Of more than
$500, 900.
Exclusive of the Presidents sal
airy OF $4,000, Congress annually
apprOpriates approximately $500 900
for running the Executive Mansion,
$4,000 Of the amount going to
travelling and official entertainment
expenses Of the President, to be ex.
pended in his discretion and &C.
counted for on his certificate solely.
This is equivalent to salary Of
500, Oe0.
For maintaining the White House
establishment during 1925, including
the Presidents allowance, the
House committee recommended an
appropriation Of 1884 The larg-
est single item in the bill is $93,520,
representing the total salaries Of
thirty-eight White House employees
rendering service in the offices Of
the President.
Has Many ServitOrs.
Included in the list Of employees
rendering personal service are tele-
phone operators, file clerks, social
correspondents, doorkeepers, ushers,
stenographers, social clerks. social
secretaries, messengers and labor.
ers. there being in all something
like twenty-five different classes of
employees, not counting policemen
and detectives.
The President's'secretary receives
the highest salary of any on the
list, being allowed $500 annually.
And while one might think White
House laborers receive more than
Ordinary" toilers, the rate is about
the same; they get $3.50 a year,
which is the lowest on the list. Not
so with the Presidents telephone
operators, however; they get the.
fair stipend of $1,000 annually,
which is exactly $500 less than that
received by the head usher and the
head doorkeeper.
Two assistant secretaries to the
President get $4,000 each, and the
chief executive clerk pulls down
$1,000, while the next highest paid
employee is the chief correspondent,
who gets 03,300. No mention is
made of the White House cook.
Is Well Protected.
Congress makes ample provision
for police protection at the Execu-
tive Mansion, $55.540 of the total
White House expenditures going for
the employment of thirty-three DO.
licemen and detectives. An add.
tional $3.50 is provided for their
uniforms and equipment. r.
The legislative branch of the
Government also provides for the
ordinary care, repair, and refurnish-
ing Of the mansion $49,240 for
this purpose having been recon.
mended.
Here are the remaining items in
the bill:
For heating the White House and
greenhouses, $1,000: care and
maintenance of greenhouses, Of
which there are sixteen, $4,000; for
repair and construction Of green.
houses, it being necessary to re.
place one each year, $500; i'm
provement and maintenance Of the
White House lawn, $4,000; for
lighting the Executive Mansion,
grounds, and greenhouses, electric
power. and the installation and
maintenance of electric fixtures Of
all kinds, $500, for contingent ex-
penses Of the executive office, in
GLIDING stationery, record books.
telephones, kilograms, furniture and
carpets, automobiles, expenses for
service and miscellaneous items.
to be expended in the discretion
Of the President, $4,000, and for
printing and binding, $4,000.