Evening star., 1952-03-24

Mrs. Truman, who showed
OF the "new" White House
yesterday to ladies of the press,
has q new look herself. She's
got . poodle cut."--AP Photo.
Representative McGregor, Repub.
hcan. Of Ohio. one Of the foul
members of Congress who are
members Of the Commission or
Renovation of the Executive Man
sion, which supervised the rebuild
ing.
Maybe wen get some blasts to-
morrow on the House and Senate
11oor," he added.
The commission invited all the
members Of Congress. the Su-
preme Court and the Cabinet and
their wives to inspect the build
ing yesterday. while q large crew
Of workmen still labored to apply
the finishing touches. The Tru-
mans expect to move back to the
executive mansion from Blair
House next week end
696 Persons In Tour.
Despite a cold rain which con-
tinued almost up to the time the
tour was to start, guards clocked
696 persons through the East
entrance. Several Congressmen
brought their children, and al
though the invitation read fol
member and spouse only, the
guards were not disposed to argue
Associate Justices Burton and
Reed and their wives came from
the Supreme Court. and from the
Cabinet there were Attorney Gen.
eral McGrath, Postmaster Cen
eral Donaldson and Secretary o1
Agriculture Brannan and theil
wives.
Senator Johnston, Democrat, OF
South Carolina. hailed "the fact
that there was no material
change in the architecture.
Johnston said he thought the
money Congress appropriated had
been "well spent"
Representative Nicholson, Re-
publican, of Massachusetts, de-
clared: TT has all the charm Of
Versailles and Fontainebleu. ]
enjoyed it even more"
'An Bi-Partisan Smiles"
Fqorida's Senator Holland, Dem.
ocrat, found it lovely indeed. ]
did not see one unfriendly face
It was all bipartisan smiles.
think this is one place in the
country that ought to be credit
able to the last word. And it IS
Representative Miller, Mary
land Republican, who was Q fre.
quent visitor to the White House
during the Theodore Roosevelt
administration, as a classmate ol
Roosevelt's son Archie, declared
"It is a better job than ! woulc
have believed possible. ! for one
am so glad they retained the ole
flavor and charm"
1--WE got our moneys worth, Tn
sure. said Wisconsin's Senator
Wiley. Republican.
Representative Vursell, Repub.
lican, of Illinois said: "They hay'
done q very MAGNIFICENT Job"
Has 16 Bathrooms.
Most frequent comment wa
approval for the commission,
success in preserving the atmos,
phere Of the "old White House.
Next to that, the Congress mem
bers seemed fascinated with thl
number and large size of th'
bathrooms. One said he ''countes
up to II. then got tired and quit
(Actually, there are is full-sizes
bathrooms. plus three small lava
tories.) One complained "If
lived there I'd bathe myself t,
DEATH"
The mammoth stainless steel
equipped and white glasS-wallel
kitchen won by far the most IA
vorable comments from the ladies
followed by the bright colors, spa
cious closets and use Of old Zoo
boards for pine paneling.
Mrs. Charles B. Hoeyen, wife Q
the Republican Representative
from Iowa. while approving tn
big kitchen, said she did think
was '.too bad there isn't o cor
little kitchen where the Presi
dents wife could whip herself u
q cake
Candidates Absent.
The only controversy. accordin
70 o member of the renovation
commission, was on the paintin
over Of the dark fumed oak wood
work IN the state dining room 4
match the green walls.
COnspicuously absent were mos
Of the presidential hopefuls i
Congress. who might have bee