Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
PREMIER MAY VISIT
PRESIDENTS CAMP.
Site Near Cabin Believed
Ideal for AngIo-American
Talks Next Week.
BY RUSSELL YOUNG.

About rs or 100 feet from the cabir
used by President Hoover at his camp
| in the Virginia mountains is natura
nook formed by several hemlock. pine
and laurel trees growing close together
on a prominence of ground near the
point where Laurel and Mill Creek.
meet and form the Rapidan River.
No more ideal place could be i'm
agined than this for a goodly portion
of the serious conferences Mr.. Hoover
will have with J. Ramsey Macdonald
the British premier, when he visits him
the latter part of next week. 1t offers
Just such a setting preferred by these
two men. Void of formality and pomp
far removed from the curious, in the
open with nature in all its Autumn
beauty all about them.
One of the last things President
Hoover said to friends before leaving
the White House yesterday afternoon to
spend this week end at his picturesque
retreat in the mountain country was
that he hoped the weather would be as
promising next week when Mr.. Mac
Donald is with him.
Will Choose Cabin.
At any rate, the President left for
the camp yesterday with the intention
of going ahead with the laying of his
plans accordingly. While at the camp
this week end the President will busy
himself arranging for next weeks out
ing with the premier. With Mrs. HOO
ver's assistance he will select the cabin
to be turned over to the latter during
his visit There are about eight guest
cabins, five of which have showers ana
all of which are wired for electricity,
but none of which have any heating Ia
cilities. The lack of heating faculties
in the camp is the cause Tor the pres l.
dents principal concern at present. IL
gets cold up in those mountains much
sooner than it does in Washington. In
the Presidents big cabin there Is huge
stone fireplace in the living room, and
there is one in the large log cabin re-
ferred to as the town hail." because IL
is used as a general congregating place
for the camping parties. These fire
places are masterpieces from the artis-
tic point of view, and are no doubt real.
~ beautiful with big logs cracking IN
them, but for the practical purpose OF
giving heat for comfort they are not
acceptable so far as President Hoover S
ideas of comfort are concerned.
It, has not been determined yet
whether there will be ladies along on
the outing at the camp being planned
for next week. There is some likelihood
of the President making 1t a stag al
fair. In any event there are going to be
few guests.
If the President should be defeated in
his purpose by the weather he and the
Labor leader will do most OF their con-
ferring within the historic old White
House, most likely within the room at
the extreme northeast end of the house,
which is now used by Mr.. Hoover as his
private study, and which for a century
was used as the office of Presidents.
Next to the famous east room on the
first floor, this room is looked upon as
the most historic of all others in the
White House.
Likes Upper Porch.
The President has shown fondnesS
for the upper porch in the rear portico,
and he frequently sits with Mrs. Hoover
and friends there If the evening is not
too chilly. It is quite likely that he
and Mr.. macdonald will do some of
their chatting there, too.
While laying his plans for the pre-
mier's visit and the forthcoming naval
disarmament conference, President
Hoover was represented yesterday as
having given no thought yet to the
personnel of the American delegation
to the conference, despite speculation
to the contrary. Just the same he has
given considerable study to the general
subject of naval disarmament itself
and other matters which are expected
to be discussed intimately by him and
his British visitor.
Will Cover Wide Range.
There is every reason to know that
the President and Mr.. Macdonald will
concern themselves with a variety OF
public questions. 1t is expected that
they will discuss the entire category
of subjects bearing upon Anglo Ameri-
can relations. Already they have q
fairly good understanding as a result
of the long exchange of correspondence
in advance of their personal meeting
Considering the virtually complete
status of their understanding concern
ing the principle to be followed at the
Forthcoming disarmament conference
in arriving at naval parity, there is
reason to expect the naval subject not
to be the major subject to be discussed
by them.
The President and Mr.. Macdonald
ale not strangers. They talked during
the premier's last visit to Washington,
two years ago, when he was a private
British citizen and Mr.. Hoover was
Secretary of Commerce