Evening star., 1928-11-23

has a large drawing or reception room,
| which is comfortably outf1tted an
other large room for sleeping quarters,
and private bath.
| Mrs. Hoover's apartments adjoin those
| of her husband and are quite similar
| in arrangement. consisting of a bed
| ROOM drawing room and an apartment
| for her private secretary adjoining
| Mr. Hoovers private secretary. George
! Akerson. is quartered nearby ano
private stenographers are ready. AT AL
| times.
| Near the Hoover quarters George Barr
! Baker, Ambassador Fletcher and other
members of the official party as well as
| close personal friends of the President
| elect have their cabins. They are
! situated so that Mr.. Hoover may confer
| with any of them at any time during
| the day or night.
! Ambassador Fletcher as an expert on
| Latin America has been valuable to Mr.
Hoover in the formulation OF ms
| itinerary. Mr. Baker has been valuable
as a sort of liaison officer with the news
paper correspondents and now and then
invites some of them TO dine in his
quarters. He also meets them in group
conferences.
Newspapermen and photographers
occupy a section of the ship which Is
accessible to the quarters of the official
party. The reporters are in the rooms
and mess normally used by the junior
officers of the battleship who have been
assigned berths elsewhere.
Radio Is Limited.
On the first day of the voyage Sched-
ules and filing times for their stories
were worked out by the reporters in
conference with Mr.. Baker and the
communications officers of the Mary
land. The wordage had to be limited
as all correspondents were anxious to
file fuller accounts than it was possible
for the ships radio to handle and also
attend to the official business.
Extensive reading of books about the
Latin American countries began
throughout the ship as soon as the
! MARYLAND sailed. The Marylands library
! usually contains a good supply of such
matter and special library was brought
aboard for Mr.. Hoover. Books were
| also sent to the ship by number Of
! the President-elect's friends and every
individual member of the party brought
along a supply of printed matter
Several classes in Spanish have sprung
up aboard the ship. Allan Hoover, the
| President-elect's son, Is among those
studying the language, being coached
daily by one of the official interpreters
All the members of the party have
caught something of Mr.. Hoover's own
| serious conception of the mission as is
shown in their earnestneSs in attempt
in advance to gain as much understand
ing as possible of the countries that
! NHr Iyoounr will vicit
A canteen and the ships supply sales
room of the Maryland permit sailors tc
| buy aboard the ship almost anything
! that they could get in present-dal
American drug store. The privilege oi
purchase has also been extended tt
members of the Hoover party. Soft
drinks, smokes. cakes, candy, many va
rieties cf edibles and almost all kind O
toilet articles are for sale, More thar
! zoo classifcations of goods are in stock
Has Big Phone Exchange.
The ship has post office. There ere
a large number of radio eceiving set:
aboard. Every room and department
and section of the vessel has tele
J phone and there is an exchange as large
oe fbot IF a oood size American town