Evening star., 1933-03-24
Swimming at White House
and River Trips Placed
on Program.
NEWSPAPERS RAISING
FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION
President Expects to Spend Last
Part of Summer on Family Es-
tate at Hyde Park, N. Y.

thoughts OF the approach OF warm
weather hold no terror for President
Roosevelt, inasmuch as his plans in
clude the construction Of an inexpensive
swimming pool. frequent short trips
aboard the U. S. S. Sequoia to fish on
the lower Potomac and in Chesapeake
Bay, and finally a long sojourn at the
Roosevelt home, Krum Elbow, at Hyde
Park, N. Y.
It Is understood that work will soon
be started on the swimming pool for
the President, which will afford him an
opportunity to indulge in sport and
exercise Of which he is very fond This
pool will cost the Government nothing,
the funds being raised through 80 news
papers in campaign staged in New
York State.
1t is estimated that a modest pool,
built Of concrete and about 35 feet long
and 18 feet wide. will not cost more
than $4,000 or $4,000, which is about
$4,000 less than the total raised by the
newspapers. The raising of this fund
was started some weeks ago without
the Presidents knowledge, but he was
finally prevailed upon to give his con-
great amount Of money would be raised
for this purpose.
Plans for Construction.
The details to the extent of drawing
plans and doing the actual construction
work have been worked out in the ofiice
Of Public Buildings and Public Parks
The understanding at this time is that
the room In the west wing, connecting
the White House proper with the
executive office will be used for the pool.
The room now Is used by clerks Of the
social division of the White House The
social staff will be moved elsewhere.
1t Is known to be the Presidents in
tention to take frequent cruises aboard
the Sequoia as a means of getting few
days rest and recreation away from the
White House grind This boat, which
until recently was one of the inspection
boats Of the Commerce Department and
was used several times by ex-President
and Mrs. Hoover, has been turned over
to the Navy Department and is COM
manded by Lieut.. Stewart Blue.
Although unpretentious, the craft is
seaworthy and comfortable, and, ac-
cording to advices received by the
President, will be entirely satisfactory
for the purpose to which he would put
1t. He hopes to enjoy fishing on the
Potomac and in various sections of
Chesapeake Bay. It is thought likely
these cruises visit the club conducted
by several Democratic Senators on the
Poplar Islands short distance below
Claiborne, Nd, on the Eastern Shore.
Hyde Park Vacation.
Probably late in June the President
Will set up the Summer White House at
his old home in Hyde Park, where he
will spend the remainder Of the Sum
mer. It is his intention to continue
working while at Hyde Park, but to
break in on his labors with occasional
cruises.
Before leaving the White House, the
President has indicated he will take
frequent motor trips into Maryland and
Virginia. He has been invited to visit
the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
near Hancock, w. Va, and there is a
possibility that he may accept an in
vitation for a week end visit. This
club has several thousand acres of
game preserves and has been visited by
four or five Presidents in the past.
In the event the President goes to
the Woodmont Club he will probably
stop of for visit at Berkeley Springs,
only few miles away. He has received
several informal invitations to visit this
place and try the waters which have
been noted for generations.
It Is thought likely, too, that the
President may make q journey to the
presidential camp on the Rapidan
established by President Hoover and
decided over by him to the Shenandoah
National Park as a retreat for future
Presidents. Such visit, however,
would be merely in the nature of an
inspection trip and probably would not
be extended over more than a day and
night.
Invitations Piling Up.
With the approach of Summer, nu-
merous invitations to set up Summer
White Houses in various attractive spots
throughout the country are being re-
ceived. Among these Is an informal
invitation from the citizens of Rapid
City, S. Dak., the gateway to the Black
Hills, where President Coolidge set up
his Summer White House in 1927.
Under the direction Of Lieut.. Col.
U. S. Grant, Sd, director Of the Office
of Public Buildings and Public Parks,
plans have been drawn up for the
swimming pool so that at a moments
notice Mr.. Roosevelt could be advised
as to the cost of building the pool.
These plans embrace the utilization
of different types of material and list
the differences In cost at which various
types of pools could be built.
The plans contemplate the question
Of recirculating the water in the pool;
the filling of it in six hours, or any
other given time, which governs the
size of pumps to be installed; different
methods of publication of the water, as
well as the use of different kinds Of
tile and other materials of varying
costs.