Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
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WHITE COURT EARLY
Hopes to Leave Washington
in June, After Adjourning
of Congress.
BY j. RUSSELL YOING,

President Coolidge is going to spend
The coming Summer at White Court
Swampscott. Mass.
He does not intend to wait until
Yearly the first of July. but will leave
Washington for the New England
coast as soon after Congress adjourns
as Is practicable.
This is learned from a reliable
White House source. who added that
already some advance details concern
! ing the re-establishment Ct the Sum
mer Capital at White Court have been
negotiated.
There was never any doubt in the
minds Of those close to the President
bout his Summer home. Both he
and Mrs. Coolidge repeatedly have
said how happy and comfortable they
were last Summer. and that they
| hoped to go back again when warm
weather returned. Moreover. both
were benefited physically by their IL
! weeks on the North Shore last
Summer.
Has Many Invitations.
There have been, however. any
number of invitations and suggestions
received by the President. within the
past few months to spend next Sum-
mer in other sections of the country.
! These have not been confined to re-
sorts in the North and East, but in
vitations to places of boosted climate
and scenery in the South, the Lake
region. and even on the Pacific Coast
have been received. Even Alaska.
! this almost nationwide bid for the
Summer White House.
But the President is not 10 be lured
away from the old-home State.
First of all, Swampscott is only five
hours ride from Plymouth, VT. the
! home of the Presidents father. who
has been in failing health for several
months. Mr.. Coolidge wants to make
short visits to his father every now
and then during his stay in New
England.
Secondly the Massachusetts coast
climate is beneficial to him.
! In the third place White Court. be-
cause of its secluded location on the
rocky shore-line affords the privacy
| necessary for conducting the Ma
tons business.
Butler in Fight.
There is still another reason which
deals directly with the coming con-
gressional elections. Throughout the
| country the campaigns will be on in
full blast. The Presidents intimate
friend and close political adviser
Senator Butler of Massachusetts,,
will be in the thick of a battle to
| retain his seat in the Senate. He is
| holding his seat now by appointment.
He was named by Gov. Fuller to sue
coed the late Henry Cabot Lodge.
! Senator Butler enjoys life in the
! Senate. and as chairman of the Re
publican national committee. is
anxious to maintain a Republican
majority.
President Coolidge. too, is eager to
continue his party in power at the
Capitol. and is hoping all of the Repub.
| lican Senators who come up for re-
election in November will be returned.
! or at least enough of them to make
it possible for his party to keep its
majority. But he has more than an
ordinary interest in the the election of
Senator Butler. Besides his personal
fondness for the latter, he has a keen
appreciation Of his ability, and he is
not unmindful of the personal help
Senator Butler has given him in his
campaigns of the past. For example,
Senator Butler personally managed the
Coolidge pre-convention campaign in
1924. ran the Cleveland convention
, that nominated him, and then per-
sonaIly directed the campaign that
elected him President. Since then Sena-
tor Butler has been Mr.. Coolidge's
closest adviser about things political
In political circles here there is a
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