Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-19
Believed to Have Told Cool
idge of Cabinet and
Address Plans.
IN. CONFERENCE MORE
THAN HALF HOUR TODAY
Also Met Last Night, When They
Conversed for an Hour in
ta-1. -
I, Library of Mansion.

( PRESIDENT COlidge and PreSident-elect
Hoover have had two conferences dur
ing the past "A hours, one this morning
in thef formers Office and the other last
night at the White. House, which may
bes their last before Mr.. Hoover returns
Washington following a vacation in
Florida.
/ The President-elect, accompanied BY
secret service man, arrived at the
Presidents office at 1915 this morning,
having made an engagement to see the
Chief Executive by telephone a short
time previously, They were together
1ef andTe than half AN hour, and on
his: :depArture. Mr!y Hsover declined To
give any intimatior sof the nature of
their talk, referring ibis auestioners
among Che newspaper. CORRESPONDENTS to
MI Coolidge, whom he sees::fit at this
.tlttne lttn TO describe: as,thez, fountain Of all
nsws,ss y -..'"-. .-'::~,ps - 1'..t
,Altholgh: MT. 31H6ap5ver did not give
the slightest hint as. 10 The nature oil
the oonfererce. there, is a .bsaief among
ttiierds 1of both that the PreSident-elect
lt,tank- The President into his confidence,
at least to some extent, regarding both
the drafting of his inaugural address
and what he has accomplished thus far
lin, the matter of making up his cabinet
\ - Aftefsthe cof1fefeiice 1t was announced
that the Presidcnt-eiect had called at
[ the, request of MI. Coolidge, to discuss
with.'him the desirability of enlarging
| the executive ofices. The topic was
discussed by the President earlier in the
day also with Director Lord of the
Budget Bureau.
Last night q1iet corner of the
library on the second floor of the White
House was the meeting place of the
President and the President -elect, where
they conversed for an hour. 1t is un-
! derstood, however. that Mr.. Hoover's
call this morning was not arranged dur
! ing the talk last night.
| Converse Nearly an Hour.
President-elect Hoover and Mrs. Hoe
| yer formed part of the small compan,
at dinner at the White House las
| night. and shortly after their brief
period of general conversation follow
ing that meal, the President and the
President-elect retired E-the privacy
Of the library. where with their chairs
drawn comparatively close together, they
were engaged in serious conversation
which lasted for nearly an hour.
1t is not known just what subjects
were discussed, but the assumption on
the part of intimates of both is that
the variety Of subjects touched upon
by them included pending legislation
and the departmental problems which
Mr.. Coolidge IS to leave for the former
Secretary of Commerce. 1t Is under.
stood also that MIR. Hoover gave some
indication Of what he is thinking about
doing In the matter of framing his
cabinet.
Although some of the matters sup
posed to have been discussed we're
merely guessed at from later indica-
tions. 1t is known that the question of
transferring the management of the
White House itself from the Coolidges
to the HoOvers was brought up. The
President-elect and Mrs. Hooovcr. how
ever. because of intimate relations with
the occupants of the White House dur
ing the past IL years. are more familiar
with the matter of the so-called White
House routine than has been the case
OF most OF their predecessors, but Mr..
and Mrs. Coolidge took this occasion to
discuss certain matters relating to the
occupancy and management of White
House affairs.
Discuss White House.
During the afternoon Mrs. Hoover had
spent more than an hour with Mrs.
Coolidge. at which time they are under
stood to have discussed White House
matters while they enjoyed tea in the
red room. on the first floor.
1t was past 10 o'clock and nearing
the time when Mr.. Coolidge generally
retlres for the evening that the Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Hoover departed for
their S street home. The others who
were in the company last night were
former Senator william M. Rutler of
Massachusetts,. who directed The Cool
idge campaign in 1924 as chairman of
the Republican national committee. and
Mrs. Butler. and Mr.. and Mrs Frank
w. Stearns of Boston, who have
been house guests at the White House
for the greater part of this Winter.
After having nearly so members of
the Senate as his guests for breakfasts
at different times during the week past.
President Coolidge this morning shifted
his hospitality to the other end of the
Capitol and had 18 members OF the
lower house as breakfast guests. Those
IN attendance we're Representatives
Moi gan "a Iowa, LeniDacn OF rev Jer-
Sey. Fem Of Connecticut Underhill of
Massachusetts,. Perkins Of New Jersey,
D. A. Reed of New York, Campbell of
Pennsylvania, Williamson of South Da-
kota. Albert johnson Of Washington
and Zihfman Of Maryland. all Repub-
licans, and J. w. Byrnes of Tennessee,
Aswell of Louisiana. Rankin of Missis-
Sippi, Box Of Texas. Lowrey of Missis-
sippi. r. j. Wilson Of Louisiana, Liflthi-
cum of Maryland and Sabath of Illi-
nois Democrats
1t was said at the White House after
wards that no significance should be
az kO tl,ie 80.