Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
CABINET IS SPLIT
ON VACATION PLANS
Kellogg Likely to Stay Here
All Summer, Others to
Take Varied Trips.

Wide divergence Of personal choice
on the seasonable subject of vaca-
tioning exists between President
Coolidge and the majority OF his Cab
met officers. While the Chief Execu-
ii e has now been enjoying leisure
in the Black Hills Of South Dakota
for some time, most Of the members
Of his official family prefer to take
later holidays, or have not yet ar.
ranged their vacation schedules.
Secretary Kellogg. in sense acting
President in the absence of Mr.. Cool
idge from Washington, expects to re-
main in the Capital all through the
hot weather. Secretary Mellon is
most like his chief in his vacation
preference. for he is usually the first
of the Cabinet members to close his
desk and depart for other fields. This
year, again, Mr.. Mellon is making
Europe his vacation land. He plans
yachting cruise of the Mediter-
ranean and tour that will keep him
away from the city until August.
The Treasury head is the only one
Of President Coolidge's advisers who
likes to go abroad, as in 1925, also,
he chose Southern Europe in which
to forget official cares. His daughter
is the wife of David K. E. Bruce.
American vice consul at Rome.
Sargent i'm Vermont.
Floodcontrol plans. predicated on
the Mississippi Valley disaster. and
a host of callers are keeping Score
tary of War Davis so busy that he
ton yet. Like his fellow Vermonter
the President. Attorney General Sar.
gent believes in getting an early vaca'
ton start. He Is now spending his
vacation at Ludlow. VT. at his home,
and is expected back in the Capital
about August 1. In line with the
Presidents ideas. Mr.. Sargent de
lights in fishing in the mountain
streams.
Postmaster General New has not
yet decided on his vacation date, but
may go about the latter part of the
month to his usual Summer haunts
in northern Michigan, there to renew
his devotion as a follower of IZaak
Walton. Secretary of the Navy Will
bur's vacation calendar is yet to be
marked, although he may go In Au-
gust.
Work FOregOes Vacation.
o6CI6ldJy w VI N - lOI tAiC
statement that he never takes vaca-
ton. The Interior Department chief
believes that for him a change of
work is vacation and the varied in
terests over which he has control give
him ample opportunity to test his
theory. 1t has been his custom to
make an official trip in the West to
examine what the department is do
ing in various places there and will
likely make such journey this Sum-
mer.
Secretary Jardine's program indi.
Gates that he will be without a 1927
vacation. He is planning on leaving
soon on an agricultural tour of the
West and will be at Lansing, Mich,
the first of next month for the big
Country Life Conference.
Rehabilitation work in connection
with the Mississippi River flood is
keeping Secretary of Commerce
Hoover busy these days, but he ex-
poets to be able to leave Washington
July Is and spend several weeks at his
home at Palo Alto. Calf. Secretary
of Labor Davis at present has no va
cation plans, other than to visit his
family occasionally at their Summer
home at Montauk Point on Long Is
land, N. Y.