| Show IP HITE HOUSE REPAIR VORK I I 10 BE RUSHED I Emergency Preparations I Being Made for New I Occupants WORK FULL PULL SHIFTS I I II i Coolidge In III Wire Urge Urges Mrs Harding To Re- Re Remain Remain Re 1 main With Them WASHINGTON Aug 4 W Emergency preparations to put the White House Houie In readiness for tor new occupants and the executive of- of of-i of I flees ices in shape for or a new vent for forward today after otter they hal been continued all night at the lh bars Is of ot a 0 comber and amI sleeplesS staff The glare of ot lamp clusters the ceaseless staccato of telegraph Instruments and the clanking of trowels els constituted d the background upon which the seem seem- beem end endless Ie detail of preparations preparations lions proceeded I Tho The stream o of of eon con con to 1 Mia Mis h Harding alone 0 over overtaxed e taxed normal telegraph facilities In inthe Inthe I the offices First one then two and finally at times three t l lieBl eJ l lot fot their t and weary wenry op- op op operators soon lost count o ot of the m comm communications GIVEN IX RUb RUSH Then there thero was disarray or of I much of the tho physical al of the tho White House and It Its attached offices for or when President Hard Hard- HardIng Harding Harding ing went nt west st on Ms his last journey the opportunity md ben seized for fora fora a 11 general refurnishing New stone atone floors 1 were sero re being laid In the of- of office of office fice flee reception reception rooms repairs and In major and anti minor degrees gree had ben embarked upon tipon Workmen were ere sere proceeding with leisurely car care but when shen hn the ne- ne ne necessity o of doing in three da do s hat It had ben planned to accomplish In three 1 weeks appeared hasty orders v ent forth for or a night and andI I day drive 0 to bring the Iho repairs to completion Today I H looser Hoover head usher at the S Site House reported the tho residence Itself ready for Its new Incumbents but tao preparation for Immediate transfer proved needless needle Mrs In a 0 telegram sent lila esterday yesterday signed by President arid and Mrs Irs e 1 was sas as urged to remain under the White House root roof as J long nl as It suits her hr eon con con convenience rho meso o expressed the tho hope of Mr and Mrs that as long as they remained In Inthe the White While House Boue Mrs Irs harding consider It also her home OW FUn l GS The offer It was as sas said would be beor beof beof or of Importance to the widow of the dead president because tho the Hard Hard- Ings HardIngs Ings ha had l made mado the tho W White House snore more of a home homo than Ihan pie some come pI pe e- e dees ors Furniture and other furnishings which they had ml nt at Marion wOle wese to 10 the official manson months a ago o oIn In quantities estimated as all sufficient clent to fill Cal se trucks rucks Some presidents ha hae have e main maln- maln homes else elsewhere hero during the tho White House tenure but It was sa not so with Mrs In Hording Harding All these things remain untouched today and wll wil andwil be left so It was 1 as declared un- un un til until Mrs Harding herself direct can ean di- di di meet their Tho The fittIngs and accommodations and property belongIng to the residence were said to be adequate for President family at any moment they might desire to occupy the mansion ma thema URGENT T Prescription of the proper form lot Of oath which a president take lake the timing of ot the tho reception must for a 0 funeral train and anti the classification classi classi- classi of oC flood of telegraphic that bear belr the words ot of aking's akings kings king's sympathy or at an nn urgent a ro- ro re I reminder minder of ot official business are 1 which do not take lake care of themselves Through n II day arid two sleepless nights these devolved the tho executive staff under four tour suc e presidents There sue sue- was as no In tho the Pressing at at to duty toe foe President thana thann harding was as something more than n a mere superior to the permanent corps corps of 1 workers i but there was an nn extra touch and i- i 1 unremitting r efficiency y I Back In la the presidents president's office own the oval moon room with the floors of tropic wood and ani the th upholstered chairs night lIht there was and last and sl- sl si hence lenco and solitude |
