Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-04

q lawyer and practical reformer, who
was in the Roosevelt New York cabi-
net: New York sociologist, who favors
unemployment insurance and better
conditions for workers; 40 and In pri-
vate life is Mrs. Paul Wilson.
were constructed by the Office Of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks. are built
| Of timber painted battleship gray, with
q flooring Of ribbed rubber mating to
| prevent slipping and with substantial
| brass rail and provision for an awning.
A smaller ramp has been placed also
over the one step Of the doorway lead
! ing from the basement entrance OF the
| White House to the walkway leading to
| the Executive Once. There will be no
ramp placed over the five steps on the
second floor of the White House lead
ing to the hallway at the east end Of
the building. This would have been
necessary If Mr.. Roosevelt had intended
| to continue the use Of the Lincoln
study, inAsmuch as it is located on
that east end hallway.
The President took advantage Of the
remaining time to sign eleventh-hour
bills which had passed Congress and the
autographing of photographs. He will
the hour arrives for him to step back
into the role Of private citizen. While
at the Capitol, Just ahead of the In
augural ceremonies. he will give his
attention to the very last batch OF
passed bills. Most of these he will sign,
some he may veto and others he may
I give what Is called pocket veto"
This final signing will be in the Presi-
dents room at the Capitol and will
constitute his last official performance
before the dropping Of the curtain upon
| he will be surrounded by the members
| of his secretariat and his cabinet and
| others prominent in his administration,
and when he has concluded he will go
| to the Senate chamber to witness the
Inauguration Of John N. Garner as Vice
| President and then to his position on
! the platform on the east front Of the
Capitol to see Franklin D. Roosevelt
take the oath Of ofice as his successor.
Sons on Platform. .
Seated upon the platform close by
will be Mrs Hoover and Herbert, IT,,
and Allan, the two Hoover sons, who
came on from California to be with
their parents on this day and to ac-
company them on their leave-taking of
the Capital City. Herbert will accom-
pany his mother on the railroad jour-
ney back to Palo Alto, while Allan will
be a companion of his father on his
| brief stay in New York and his cruise
back to California by way of the Pan
anna Canal. The Hoover party will
leave Washington aboard a special
train, and before it departs the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover are expected to
be given considerable of an ovation on
the part of crowd of former asso-
ciates, old friends and admirers at the
! station.
Mrs Hoover and Herbert, r., will
leave the train at Philadelphia, where
they will make connections for train
for Chicago and thence to the West
Coast.
The Hoovers' last night in the White
House was ap anxious and busy one,
due to the Presidents concern over re-
ports on the banking situation. A few
friends dropped in during the early
| President went to the Executive Once,
where he conferred until midnight with
Secretary Of the Treasury Mills, At
torney General Mitchell and Henry M.
Robinson, Los Angeles banker
| Before leaving the White House Mr.
and Mrs. Hoover shook hands with and
BID farewell to virtually every employe
OF the White House. During their four
years occupancy Of the White House
they endeared themselves to these serv-
ants and attaches, and this was
made evident during these exchanges of
'good-by."
Dogs Placed on Train.
The White House dogs. "Weegie," the
elkhound. and pat" the German po-
lice dog. were taken from the White
House during the forenoon and placed
aboard the Presidents train. They will
be taken to California by Mrs Hoover.
At noon today only a small portion
of the belongings of the Roosevelt fam
| lily had arrived at the White House
The rest is on its way from New York
and Hyde Park, N. Y, being trans
ported by seven or eight huge Army
trucks. 1t is expected that these trucks
will be arriving tonight and Monday
| The assignment of rooms to the va
rious members of the Roosevelt family
has been completed, following recent
instructions from the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
, Mr.. and Mrs Roosevelt will occupy
the suite on the second floor at the
|
occupied by each President and his
wife since and including Theodore
Roosevelt.
During a number Of administrations
before Teddy" Roosevelt, the Presi-
dent and First Lady occupied the suite
on the second floor at the northwest
corner. Garfield fingered between life
and death in that suite before he re-
covered sufficiently to be removed to
Long Branch, N j., where he sub
sequently died from the effects Of the
assassin's bullet. William Mckinley
was the last President to occupy that
suite, and following his assassination
and the incoming Of Theodore Roose-
welt, the suite on the opposite side OF
the wide hallway has been used by
Hoover.
Three Other Bed Rooms.
This suite, like each of the other
corner suites. consists Of large bed
room, q dressing room and bath. Be-
sides these corner suites there are
three other bed rooms with baths on
the second floor. all on the north side.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt ~
occupy their bed room sniteT the
same manner in whiGh.Uad President
auo NIB. do2xEH0C FIeSloenL Alu
Mrs. Coolidge Mrs. Roosevelt win &C.
cupYs s6e larger Of the rooms IN the
ISeks9. which. has windows looking out
I over the Executive ONCE toward the
State War-Navy Building and to the
south over the rear grounds to the
Virginia hills. The Presidents room,
which adjoins to the east, is small and
has windows opening only on the south
His room opens into the so-called oval
sitting room. It Is understood he plans
| to use this latter room, which Is a
large and unusually attractive one, as
his private study. During the Hoover
regime this room has been used as q
sort Of family sitting room.