Evening star., 1934-07-30
EXECUTIVE STAFF
COMPLETES MOVE
Mansion to Be Utilized as
Offices During Re-
modelling.
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VIII nave SettleQ uOWn ana become
accustomed 70 the strange surround
ings.
It was the opinion OF all who In
spected the temporary Offices in tho
White House today that those in
charge Of arranging the layout did a
remarkable Job There was consid-
cradle doubt at first about the White
House being Of sufficient size or ar
rangement to accommodate the Presi-
dents working staff But by skillfully
utilizing every available space in the
basement and first floors OF the man.
sion, the office force has been taken
care OF in a manner In which the
Presidents new deal administration
is being carried on, with It's customary
efficiency.
Miss Air Cooling.
OF course. some Of the employees arc
crowded and others are assigned to
desks In Railways where the light and
ventilation is not so good, but taking
1t all in all, the scheme is expected
to work out remarkably well for the
four-month period Of reconstructing
the Office building Naturally. the
employees miss the air-cooling system
which made the Summer days in the
old executive Offices really a pleasure,
but electric fans have been installed,
all of which. in addition TO the thick
walls of the mansion itself. make
working conditions fairly comfortable.
Callers will enter the White House
by the main doorway facing Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Upon entering the
lobby they will find set-up somewhat
similar to that of the old executive
office. A few steps inside the lobby
is located the long table in front OF
which stand Capt. c. l.. Dalrymple,
in charge of the White House police,
and Lieut.. Ernest Seamon, his as
sistant, whose duty IL is TO ask the
business Of all who enter unless they
happen to know them personally or
recognize them, which is generally the
case. Immediately to the right Of the
lobby is the office occupied by Ray
mond Muir. who succeeded the late
Ike Hoover as chief usher Of the
White House, and his staff. who looks
after the welfare Of the White House
itself, but whose duties entail no re-
lationship to the temporary offlce.
A few steps beyond the table OF
Capt. Dalrymple Is a desk occupied
by Patrick E. McKenna, the chief
usher of the Presidents Office. 1t Is
to this familiar and popular White
House attache that callers present
themselves after being admitted by
Capt. Dalrymple. 1t Is Mr.. Nc
Kenna's duty to make known the
presence Of the many callers to Sec
retary Mcintyre. About the lobby are
scores OF chairs for the callers, who
remain seated until their turn comes
to be called into the Office of Secre-
tary Mcintyre, who In turn will take
those in Who are 10 see the President.
Blue Room Is Office.
The Presidents temporary ONCE
will be in the famous blue room,
which has been the scene Of formal
receptions at the White House from
the days Of John Adams, the first oc-
cupant. This room faces the main
doorway. about 40 PAGES away.
The room to be occupied by Mr..
Roosevelt as his temporary office re-
sembles very much his OLD Office In
the first place, it is oval in shape and
contains about the same furniture as
was in his former Office Moreover.
the windows look out on the south
grounds. However, no room is found
available for cabinet meetings and the
long mahogany table with its IL over
stuffed leather chairs about 1t has J,
been placed in the Presidents ONCE.
All of the pictures have been removed
from the walls of this room and the
only ornaments, so to speak, are the
large model of a square rigged sailing
bark, which the President values very
highly and the hand-carNed object OF
Paul Jones on the deck OF the Bon
homme Richard
The entrance to the Presidents
temporary Office has been screened.
Those who are to be received by the
President, however viii be taken into
his room from Secretary McIntyre'S
room, which is known as the green
parlor and which is between the
Presidents room and the historic east
room. The latter room. probably the
DtSL kIlOWh GDOtll Ia LAlC NAAAbG AA0aoIp
which occupies the entire east end
Of the first floor, does not figure in the
temporary office Set-up. 1t Is being
used as a sort of store room for the
furniture and draperies which have
been removed from the various rooms
occupied by the Offices. Because OF
the lack of space, the green parlor
is also to be the Office Of Stephen T.
Early, the secretary in charge Of press
relations, who, with Col Louis Nc
Henry Howe, the Presidents principal
secretary, is on the way to the Pacific
Coast to meet Mr.. Roosevelt when he
lands next Friday, TO accompany him
back to Washington.
Secretaries i'm Red ParIor.
The rel parlor, which adjoins the
Presidents office on the west, is being
occupied by the Presidents private
secretarial staff, the only member of
which Is in town being Miss Paula
Tully. The large, impressive state
dining room, which occupies the
greater part Of the west end Of the
mansion, is not being utilized in the
Office arrangement. Neither Is the
family dining room which opens into
1t on the north.
The desks of Rudolph Forster, the
executive clerk at the White House,
who is accompanying President Roose-
welt on his vacation cruise, ana
Maurice Latta, his assistant, both OF
whom have been associated with
Presidents for more than % years, ago
located In the west hallway leading
from the main lobby and not far
distant from the entrance to the
Presidents office. The file rooms. the
mail rooms and so-called correspond
ence rooms, as well as the mimeo-
graph and mailing rooms, are located
in the basement. The rooms on the
second floor Of the White House. used
by the presidential family, have not
been touched in the temporary ar
rangement.
Transaction of the presidential
business in the White House man
sion, while new to the present genera
tion, is not new in the experience Of
veteran White House eTnplOyes. They