Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
PRESIDENTS PARTY
RETURNS TO CAMP
Week End Vacation Will Be
Longest for Hoover Since
Taking Office.

President Hoover will leave WASH
ington this afternoon for his camp IN
the Virginia mountains to indulge In
the longest vacation he has had since
becoming President. He will take ad-
vantage of Monday being Labor day,
and a national holiday. and will, there
fore, not return to the White House be-
fore Tuesday morning.
On this outing the President will be
accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, and their
son. Allan. and large party OF friends.
They were to leave in White House
automobiles at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and will arrive at the mountain retreat
about three hours later.
President Hoover is looking Onward
to this opportunity to rest and exercise
in the open. He has been under a
severe strain recently with many prob
lens demanding his attention.
Planning Conferences.
He has found no fault with the
weather in Washington. but has looked
forward to his week end outing prin-
cipally because of the rest and recrea-
ton afforded. He Is taking along with
him a number of associates for the
purpose of comforting regarding the
business of the Government. Among
these will be Arthur M. Hyde. Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and five members
of the Federal Farm Board. The latter
are Alexander Legge. chairman of the
board; c. c. league, c. B. Denman
Charles S. Wilson and Carl williams
The last four will be accompanied by
their wives.
Others in the party will be Mark
Sullivan. newspaper correspondent. and
his daughter: Mrs. Jean Large. Mrs.
Hoovers sister. and her daughter
Janette. and son. Delano: John Beaver
white of Philadelphia and Mrs. White;
Walter H. Newton, one Of the Presi-
dents secretaries. and Lieut.. Comdr.
Joel T. Boone. White House physician.
Preparatory to closing his desk for
this holiday outing, the President was
at his Office early and made few per-
sonal engagements, SO as to have an
uninterrupted morning for his work.
He conferred with the director of the
budget and held his bi-weekly cab
inet meeting. The customary Friday
afternoon conference with newspaper
correspondents, however, was Cancelled.
Silent on Naval Arms.
While the White House has no COM
ment to make on the progress Of the
naval disarmament negotiations with
Great Britain it has been intimated that
the President will be in position to
have something to say publicly upon
this subject within the next two weeks.
In the meantime the President is con-
tent to have it understood that this
Government and Great Britain are en-
deavoring to arrive at an agreement as
to the principle to be followed in deter
mining naval parity when the disarma-
ment conference is actually entered
upon.
Louis B. Mayer. head of the Metro
CIoldwyn- Mayer Picture Corporation.
was an overnight guest at the White
House. According to Mr.. Mayer. Presi-
cent Hoover is greatly interested in the
expansion of American motion picture
business in foreign countries. Mr. Mayer
stated that it has been clearly demon
strated that American made pictures
shown on foreign screens have had a
tremendous effect upon the boosting of
American goods in those coun-
tries.
Mr.. Mayer indicated that the growth
of the talking picture has been so ire
mendous his company is contemplating
studios in France and Spain in the flu
ture with a view to making pictures in
those languages.