The Washington times., 1928-06-18
Washington Hopeful That Leaders May
Inner Here After administration Ends
Several Have Dug In" to
Extent of Purchasing
Homes; Others Have
Washington "Habit'

It's dangerous to count
ones chickens before they
are Matched. But, dope
stories being the fashion Of
the moment, it is interesting
to try to figure out how
many of the members OF
President Coolidge $ Ad-
nninistration family are likely
to remain in Washington
after he retires to private
life.
Some of them have dug
in here to the extent OF
purchasing homes and -well,
the habit Of living in Wash
ington is easy to acquire and
difficult to break. Indeed,
the woods here are full of
Administration leaders Of
other days who are perma-
nent residents Of the Capital.
Pleasant Possibility
Former President Taft re-
mains as Chief Justice Taft.
The late President Wilson lived
IN Washington until his death.
And it IS not beyond the bounds
Of possibility that President
Coolidge might settle down here.
It seems hardly probable. how.
ever, and it's safe to prophesy
that the Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes are too strongly bound to
their Chicago home to become
anything but occasional visitors
20 Washington.
In the White House?
II the Secretary OF Commerce
and Mrs. Hoover remain after
March / 1923, it will doubtless be
as the occupants OF 1900 Pennsyl.
vauia Ave-. although they own
their charming house in s Street.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Kellogg have a Washington resi-
dence at Ninteenth and r Streets,
which has been their home since
Secretary Kellogg was Senator
kellogg. They don't own the
house, but have lived In it SO long
that they must have q proprie-
tary feeling, and they have been
60 long residents Of the Capital
that it is hard to imagine their
deserting Washington pernar
nent1y.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Dwight Davis, too, have been
with US q long time, Mr.. Davis
having come TO us first az chair.
man Of the War Finance Corpora
tion and having been Assistant
Secretary OF War before he sue.
ceeded to his present post. He
and Mrs. Davis are so closely
affiliated with the smart unofficial
group that one may well hope to
retain them as resident Washing
tonians.
Postmaster General and Mrs.
New own Hemlock Lodge. their
picturesque and honelike dwelling
In Edgemoor, Nd. purchased
after a long period as apartment
dwellers, and the Secretary of
Labor and Mrs. Davis only moved
into their house in Massachusetts
Avenue a little over n year ago.
They had been living at Wardman
Park Hotel since the beginning
Of the Administration. and the
fact that they purchased q home
80 near its close at least suggests
the possibilit-- that they propose
70 remain.
Who Knows?
Secretary Mellon of the Treas
ury seems such a detached sort
OF person that it's difficult to
hazard a guess as to what his
course will be when he retires
from the Cabinet. He is not an.
chored by permanent home.
having lived in an apartment at
1885 Massachusetts, Ave. ever since
coming to Washington His son,
Paul Mellon, is a student at
Yale and not yet located but
4S4S AdUSlb MIS- AJdF1u IA ESSt0
Bruce, lives in New York. which
residence there. And. of course.
he has always retained his Pitts
burgh home.
It would seem likely that At
torney General Sargent will leave
Washington as soon as he leaves
the Government service. He has
always given the effect Of imper-
.nnanence here. since Mrs. Sargent
spends most of the year at her
home in Ludlow, Vt, only COM
ing TO Washington for an oc-
casiona1 brief visit. The Score.
tary Of the Navy and Mrs. Viii.
bur and the Secretary of Agri.
culture and Mrs. Jardine will
probably be going home at the
close Of the Administration. and
DIR. Work. secretary OF the in.
terror. has no family ties to bind
him to Washington.
However, in the event Of Re-
publican victory at the polls. there
is the possibility that any--or all
of the present Cabinet might be
retained. and Secretary Work has
had an important part in Secre.
tary Hoover's pre-convention cam
pajgn.
y
In New York
The Ambassador Of Mexico and
Nine. Teller went to New York
today to attend the festivities
ther.' in honor OF Capt. Emilio
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