Show I Country Retreat For President In Summer Urged by Coolidge WASHINGTON Dec 10 AP AP- AP To Herbert Hoover Hoo and other presidents presidents pres pres- Id to come may go the benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit of at President Coolidge's suggestion suggestion suggestion tion that the chief executive be provided pro pro- vided with a coun country y White House Only a few v months before his re retIrement retirement re- re from office the president has declared that the health not only of or the 1 president but of or the Ule mistress of or the tho white hUe House would be bo benefited rite if It there were some someplace someplace place in t the e 3 hills near Washington where they might go to escape the heat and amid tedium of mummer pummer Writing for the fiftieth anniversary anniversary liar sary of the St. St Louis Post lost Dispatch I President Coolidge said As a president about to retire I feel at I liberty to write of certain phases o of that office orfice which one who was entering upon Its duties might feel some hesitation In discussing He declared that he referred to the health and physical condition of the president add adding in not so much for my own sake as for my suc successor or REGULAR EXERCISE EXERCISEr I r have often orten remarked that at least llast I had one distinction he con con- I I have been the healthiest president that the country has ever had President Coolidge said that he had accomplished this by systematic systematic system system- exercise and regular habits and then after talking of the arduous duties of a president and the necessity necessity necessity sity for conserving his strength he made his proposal for a country White Washington ashington Is practically at sea sealevel sealevel level he said Its climate is an exceedingly good all the year ear round climate but at times Umes the humidity is high and unrelieved It becomes monotonous The only avenue aye ave nue flue of escape for the president is tho the naval boat Mayflower President Coolidge explained the chief executive ha has little freedom of movement and he asserted that the only place he could enter without considerable preliminary disturbance disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance is the White hite House SUGGESTS RETREAT For these reasons ho lie said it seems to mo ale that some sonic place sho should ld be provided in iii the hills within easy striking distance of Washington 1 where the president might go goor for or two or oi three days at a a time when he lie was was- wasso so disposed with conveniences conveniences for entertaining members of the government and other guests where he could have hav that hat freedom of acU action n which he lie ha j ha only at the tile White House and where he could get a complete change clinge of atmosphere atmos atmos- phere While I have made no mention of ot the mistress of the White House she Is is of or course to be considered The pu public little mile understands the very exacting duties that she must perform perform perform per per- form an and the restrictive life Ufe that she must lead Fully ully as much 3 as the president she needs the tho opportunity opportunity for a change and some place where she can have ve the seclusion of the White House without a constant constant constant con con- stant reminder of its its obligations He declared that such a residence would not be in a strict sense a 1 summer White House rouse but added a place had been provided I should not have desired to leave Washington so early in the season or return so late Being distant from the capital has a good many inconveniences even when we have havethe havethe havethe the use of the airplane for mail mall purposes purposes- and a special wire running run- run fling ning into the White House |