The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-04
LAMONT RESIGNS HIS SECRETARYSE4IP
Rapidm Ready for Campaign Conclares;
 Informality WiU Be Keynote at Gathering
By BESS FURMAN

N<hoAAAANN - A"Afy AhNos Hoover version of a front porch campaign will be weekend moun- tain-retreat conferences, bringing even more sharply to the news foreground his Rapidan camp.
 "Campaigners" called there can take along their old clothes and thank their lucky stars to be in vited to a place so cozy and com | fortable.
 Contemplating it's rustic beauty and "citified" efficiency, they are almost certain to be amazed at the way President turned pioneer and wrested a home from the primitive wilderness.
 Basking in it's coolness, guests will find it perhaps hard to be- lieve they are within 100 miles of hot and humid Washington.
 Pioneered" Camp Region
 While still Secretary of Con1- merce. Herbert Hoover used to look at the Blue Ridge haze and think that there probably lay a place where he could fish for trout, sit in the cool shade and eat and sleep to the sound of rushing wa ters.
 The exactions of the presidency made the need for such a retreat imperative, and the President, witt Mrs. Hoover, went prospecting and found the spot.
 Remarkably enough, the Vir. ginia mountains never had beer opened to such camping, perhaps due to the hard times which re. mained after the Civil War, de. laying for many years a moderT road building program.
 Notables Built Dams
 Like other pioneers, the Presi. dent and Mrs. Hoover had plent, of hardships, for throughout tn; first summer the rain was almoS incessant. Living in canvas tents they plodded about in mud. The. shivered in sweaters. Their car stuck on the trails.
 Most of their adventures neve1 saw print, but such as did mad interesting reading. The Presiden and Cabinet members lugged stone to build the little dams that nov make Rapidan waters ever nor rushing. Col. Chas "A. Lindbergl helped, as did Premier Ramsa. Macdonald
 But that's history. There's n I tenderfooting now.
 q White house iiIIlouoines luxuri n ously speed the guests right to tn
 tree hidden cluster of cottages higl on the mountain side Mrs. Hoov V CT, thoughtful hostess, is usuall if there to give personal greetings s Filipino boys bear klinking pitcher t of fruit punch.
 el Cottages Quaintly Named l. Guests are quartered in wood l. brown cottages, each with bed
 room, living room with fireplac . and modern bath-each with il '. n own quaint name done in carve T wood letters, "The Owl" 'Tt . Creel," Prime Minister Cabin |. n 'Tshbers Cabin" "The Sums :, I and Five Tents"
 ~ Mrs. Hoover's secretaries and ht !. close circle of friends who kno = :. the camp and all its landmark ~ serve as guides. Walking is delight along smooth paths, rocl :, bordered-trails made easy by u ~ marines, who always take chart = of the Summer White House. N Eating is lyric, under the tree u beside Hemlock Run-with servi' .e .s as smooth as in any hotel. Blee ~ in the mountain quietude, is dee
 Pomp is forgotten.
 Straw Hats in Vogue :. Mrs Hoover, in sports dress al - - flat -heeled shoes, supplies all h = = guests with broad-brimmed, roue ,N :, straw hats-the kind that count = people wear-and those who p N them on quit being citified rig '. there and become bona fide caml ss CTS.
 ~ The most delightful camp SD = of all is one the campaigners a T., u likely to frequent, the veranda
 the Presidents cabinet. It is bu M over the junction of Laurel Prol ,' land Mill Prong, where they con ~, rushing together over rocks to for ar the Rapidan.
 s4 Here is an abundance of ca oa a chairs, but somehow guests o4 ways want to sit on the flom ,is made wooden stools, carved wi hand-holes in their tops to ma v, them easy to move around. O. RADIO OPERATOR AT g