Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
HOOVER PAYS VISIT
AT WHITE HOUSE
President Elect Silent on
Matters Discussed at Con-
ference With Coolidge.

President-elect Hoover, who returned
to Washington yesterday after his va
cation in Florida, is comforting with
President Coolidge at the White House
this afternoon.
Although the President-elect did not
care to discuss the meeting, it is under
stood he had number of matters he
was anxious to take up with Mr. Cool
idge. The conference was arranged at
the request Of Mr.. Hoover, but the hour,
3 o'clock, was set by the President.
One Of the first tasks for Mr.. Hoover
on his return was that OF attempting to
settle the time for calling an extra ses-
sion Of Congress. He is desirous OF get
IN April as possible, and for. that reason
he proposes to discuss the subject with
a number of leaders of the Senate and
House within the next few days.
The question OF the date was dis
cuSsed late yesterday at his home on S
street with Representative Tilson of
Connecticut. Republican leader of the
House, and this morning with Senator
Watson Of Indiana, who will be ma
jority leader Of the Senate after
March 4.
The latter was guest at breakfast
at the Hvover home and for more than
an hour he and the next President con-
ferred.
Extra Session Plans.
! It was learned later that Senator Wat
son assured Mr.. Hoover that, so far as
he was concerned, the matter of setting
| the date for the extra session could be
| left with Mr.. Tilson, who Is understood
to have left the Hoover home yesterday
afternoon with the realization that Mr..
Hoover wants Congress to assemble be-
| fore April Is and is understood to have
assured Mr.. Hoover that it might be
| possible to put things in shape so as to
get started between April and Is.
As majority leader of the Senate, 1t
will be UP to Senator Watson to see
that Mr.. Hoover's cabinet nominations
are speedily approved by the Senate,
| and it will be the Indiana Senator
who will have most to say about the
| legislative program when the Senate
meets in extra session.
During his visit with Mr.. Hoover in
Florida, Senator Smoot of Utah, who
will have charge of tariff revision in
| the Senate argued for an earlier meet
| ing date. He proposed having an extra
session as early as April /, and while
Mr.. Hoover is understood to be favor
able to this, he believes it is out OF the
question.
James w. Good of Iowa, who was
Mr.. Hoover's pre-convention campaign
manager, and who directed the Repub-
lican campaign in the West, was a din
ner guest at the Hoover home last
/ t~l4f in 1iIau
| for second conference. Mr. Good ad-
mitted he and Mr.. Hoover discussed
number of things, but that he was
| not in position to reveal the topics
| Mr.. Good said he gained the impress
is sion that Mr.. Hoover has practically
70 !. completed his cabinet, and he, like
| others who have discussed this sda-
/. ject with the President-elect, said MIR.
/ Hoover Is succeeding admirably in keep
/! ing his selections secret. He added
that when the cabinet list is made pub
lie, many prognoSticatorS will find they
| have been sadly mistaken.
Mr.. Good, who has frequently been
mentioned as cabinet possibility. prin-
cipally because of his Hoover support
during the campaign, when asked to-
day If he might be considered seriously
! as a prospective cabinet member, re-
piled with an emphatic no. With equal
emphasis he declared that he had no
candidates for the cabinet.
Gillett Quiet on Meeting.
Senator Gillett of Massachusetts,, an
other caller at the Hoover home this
| morning, asked to be excused when
questioned on his conference with the
next President. He did give the infer
ence that Mr.. Hoover sought his views
upon the date for calling the extra ses-
sion, and that they discussed tariff re-
vision.
Senator Gillett refused to comment
upon recent reports that Charles Fran
els Adams, treasurer of Harvard Uni
versity, is being seriously considered for
appointment as Secretary of the Navy
1t was made evident at the Hoover
home today that the President-elect
intends to remain as much in seclusion
between now and Inauguration day as
possible. His S street home is to be
his workshop, but he has no intention
of maintaining an open house. Those
who expect to drop i'm on him for 9
chat or in quest of patronage are likely
to be turned away.