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The original documents are located in Box 46, folder "White House - The Residence" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. President's Bedroom. AMERICAN HEPPLEWHITE FOUR POSTER BED Made of mahogany, this bed is the work of a craftsman of Massachusetts and dates from the late 18th century. Designed in the Federal style, it features reeding and fan-shaped carved inlays on the bedposts. The bed hangings are based on period designs of the early 19th century. KNEEHOLE SECRETARY-BOOKCASE Designed in the Hepplewhite style and made in Baltimore circa 1790-1810, the secretary is made of mahogany and richly inlaid with satinwood. The upper section is a bookcase and the lower section opens to reveal a flat writing surface. Formerly in the Garvan Collection. WING CHAIR The upholstered wing chair is of Hepplewhite design dating about 1800. It has been attributed to John and Thomas Seymour of Boston, Massachusetts. The most distinctive feature of this chair is the rich veneer panelling on the front face of the front legs. The chair isuupholstered in a red cottom damask. MIRROR Over the Charleston chest hangs a New York mirror of the Hepplewhite style dating from the late 18th century. It features an eglomisé panel illustrating classical scenes and floral motifs. BERAU R. FORD LINE* Digitized from Box 46 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. Pools and Books for Presidents By Isabelle Shelton Washington Star Staff Writer The new White House outdoor swim- ming pool that President Ford first swam in yesterday is the latest in a long line of gifts the American people have given their presidents for their entertainment, recreation and study. The White House already had an inside pool (no longer in use), two bowling alleys, a library, a movie theater, a stereo set with a huge record collection, two book collections, a pool table and a tennis court, all of them gifts. There used to be a putting green too but the last administration removed it. The earlier White House pool was con- verted by the Nixon administration into- enlarged press quarters. It was given in 1933 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who needed the daily swim to exercise his polio-shrunken legs. Forty-four newspapers in New York state, where Roosevelt had been gover- nor, conducted the fund drive, spear- headed by the New York Daily News (which later came to be one of FDR's harshest critics). THE 15X50-FOOT indoor pool, located in former storage space in the portico that connects the West Wing with the executive mansion, cost $22,316 in 1933. Roosevelt and his large family and' their children used the pool daily. The Eisenhower grandchildren used it a lot, as did President Truman and his daugh- ter, Margaret. So did Presidents Kenne- dy and Johnson and their families. John- son also shocked sensitive souls by conducting affairs of state there while swimming naked. Ford's new 22x55-foot heated outdoor pool, constructed on the South Grounds behind the President's Oval Office, is costing an estimated $63,314. There has been no final decision on what will be done with the balance of the $118,495 contributed by the general pub- lic, but part of it almost certainly will be used to build a poolside bath house of some sort. At present, the President has to change into his swimming trunks in his office, or go back to the family quarters in the mansion to change. ALL OF THE FORDS loved their back- BERALD yard swimming pool when they lived in Alexandria, and the new pool is expected LISARAY to be used extensively by all of them - probably twice a day by the President. There has been some discussion by White House staff members about wheth- er they will ever be allowed to use the pool. The original announcement said it was for "the President and his guests," and there has been no further definition of the word "guests." The pool is unlikely See WHITE HOUSE, Page 3 Washington Stas - Lvly 6, 1975 WHITE HOUSE PENN. AVE. Continued From F-1 to be a playground for large groups of swimmers when the President is in residence, because of its proximity to BOWLING ALLEY his office. Over the years most of the recreational equipment (Underground) given to the White House has been donated either by private citizens or by a related industry. REFERENCE LIBRARY Thus, President Eisenhower's putting green was a (Ground Floor) gift from the Mid-Atlantic Greenskeepers' Association. It was removed, a veteran staff member recalls, be- cause "Nixon wasn't using it, and the special grass re- quired was expensive to keep up." TOBO LIBRARY PAGE 2 THE ELBURN HERALD, THURSDAY "MAY 10, 1973 STATE OF ILLIN personal quarters since in carrying the piece up a IN THE CIRCUIT COL flight of steps took them through this area. Between THE 16th JUDICIAL C A WHITE HOUSE SPÉCIAL this new facility and the President's bedroom is a private KANE COUNTY dining room, all of which face Pennsy Avenue. ILLINOIS Windows are constructed of bullet-proof glass. IN PROBATE In the Matter of the I BY MARION LANDIS We mentioned previously the security check on all JOHN A. BENSON, I Any woman who enjoys her role as a homemaker can: personnel involved with the job who had to be invest Gen. No. 73-P-3601. undoubtedly understand Pat Nixon's elation over having igated just ten days before work was to begin, and the CLAIM NOTICE her own private kitchen to prepare family favorite dishes. police escort which accompanied the trucks carrying Notice is given of the True, she had access to the several White House kitchens, John A. Benson of Elb the equipment onto the White House grounds. In addition nois. Letters Testament but can you imagine preparing an intimate family dinner to these precautions, the White House is literally filled issued on April 26, with institutional sized equipment? with security guards, reports Gee, who said he found Philip Johnson, Execut As reported a short time ago, a local man, Robert one at every turn throughout the building. 1, Elburn, Illinois, who: Gee of Hughes Road, while discussing a news release Visiting with these guardians of the President's safety, ney is John L. Nickels ; pertaining to another matter, casually mentioned that AC, Elburn, Illinois 601: he found them to be very intelligent, friendly young Claims may be filed he would be in Washington, D. C., overseeing the men whose ages he estimated to be between 22 and 30, months from the date installation of a St. Charles Kitchen. Atour request and who obviously were in top physical condition. He ance of said Letters he obligingly shared the experience with US. learned that they are required to participate in a physical any claim not filed will The kitchen was to be located next to the Nixon's period is barred as to tl training program for six hours each week which includes which is inventoried wi private quarters on the second floor in a room that judo instruction. period. Claims must be had been, prior to her marriage, Margaret Truman's These guards are changed every two hours because the office of the Clerk bedroom. A huge brick fireplace had to be removed as Court at the Kane Cour after this amount of time they are inclined to be less House, 100 South Thir part of the remodeling which was to have started on alert, Gee was told. Geneva. Illinois and cop April 3, but because the President had unexpectedly As my husband, H. F., listened to Bob relate his ed or delivered to the stayed another day after Mrs. Nixon had left for experiences concerning tight security, he couldn't or administrator and California, the demolition was delayed one day. Gee help but reflect upon this change as compared with the attorney. Dated April 26, 1973. reports that no souvenir remembrances were freedom he enjoyed when visiting the Capitol in 1922. Jan E. Carlson available, not even a single brick from the fireplace At that time, he reminisced, he and a friend strolled Clerk of the Circ could he bring home; neither was he permitted to take thru a corridor just outside the president's office where May any pictures. they could see Warren G. Harding at work at the pre- STATE OF ILLINOIS The new kitchen measures approximately 15 by 13 feet sidential desk. He also recalls how the two of them COUNTY OF KANE with an adjoining bar/pantry 91/2 by 6 which is com- were barred from attending a meeting of the Senate IN THE CIRCUIT plete with sink and under counter refrigerator. After THEREOF because they were not wearing suit coats even D FEDERAL NATIONAL the remodeling was completed, St. Charles custom sweater would have sufficed, but shirt sleeves were GAGE ASSOCIATION, cabinets made to specifications were used to line the definitely out! poration organized and 20-inch thick walls. Once Bob was permitted to check Gee also tells US that the Herald, so far as he is under the laws of th States out his layout, he discovered one correction had to be aware, is the only area paper to carry news of this made. This necessitated phoning the home office at St. installation other than two daily papers in the East vs. Charles requesting that one unit be constructed three who made small mention of the undertaking. The moral ROSELLE STATE BA inches smaller than had been ordered which resulted in the (should there be one) is that area people should con TRUST COMPANY, 3 OF TRUST 1315; UN spontaneous manufacture of another and sent the same scientiously read this local weekly (and hopefully BENEFICIARIES OF day by air-freight to Washington. contribute) because, as in this instance, occasi onaly 1315; JON R. PETI Mrs. Nixon chose cabinet doors in Fruitwood To: Patti handling From: Betty Wells REX Picture essay of quaint, curious, unusual, historical, amusing, small, detail objects of beauty found in White House ---- probably from 1900 on back. Would like to ignore the over- whelming and obvious. These have already been on shows and in books. Little details that would impress the President and his family, as well as Curator and staff, and co8ld be hidden from view. Her style is delicate and feminine in pen and ink handled in a baroque manner with splashy, colorful, drippy, overlay of watercolors. How they can be used in Bicentinneal --- won't be used in regular Friday stuff but should have a Bicentinneal flavor. Perhaps will run during the week and think it would be shared with locals (WRC and NBC frequently share) will be set to music and what would be said -- something on the order of "The W.H. curator thiss this is particularly interesting," 11 or anything that would give them a personal touch. (She knows Ford's friend Mr. Willis, President of Alakkan Airlines) Did NBC art stuff on Watergate, had a one-woman show at Baltimore Museum of Art -- this would be more fine art that the GREAT FORD stuff Bill Roberts can probably tell you more. 2-E THE PLAIN DEALER, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975 The Nixons left small comfort in White House By Betty Beale lic will get its first look at gave them a free hand, coordinate Christian ac- WASHINGTON, D.C.- pictures of the redone and the two men are tivities worldwide," ac- Can an average, redblood- rooms authorized by Pat pleased with the authentic cording to McCollister. ed American family find Nixon. quality of it all. Residents of the super- happiness in a museum? The curator of the A- But some members of plush area are up in arms Or what price authentici- merican wing of the the White House Preserva- over the purchase of the ty? Metropolitan Museum, tion Committee, which 10 house for a coordinating Barry Tracy, now calls the And when should au- days ago held its first center. "We are going to Green Room "the finest thenticity end and comfort meeting in two years, dis- fight that right down to Federal room in an histor- covered that the Green the barrier," said a mem- begin? ic house in America," says Room is no longer design- ber of the area associa- These are questions White House curator Cle- ed for seated conversation. tion. "If they want to set Betty Ford must have ment Conger with pride. The only place where up such an operation they asked herself many times Conger is not only an guests can relax together should go someplace in since moving into the expert on the period, but is on a settee blocked by a the city not zoned solely White House. he was assisted by that high Duncan Phyfe table for single-family dwell- When the new White recognized authority on in front of it. ings." House guidebook is pub- the 19th century, Edward There are so many big For Roman Catholic lished next month the pub- Vason Jones. Mrs. Nixon pieces in the small room, Archbishop William Baum that there is very little of Washington, the seller, standing room left either. it's the second time he's Beautiful authenticity it been engaged in a contro- has, but comfortable versy over this mansion, eharm it hasn't. considered by many to be As for the Yellow Oval the most beautiful house Room in the First in Washington. Family's private quarters When he bought it a year on the second floor, Mrs. ago for his own residence Ford feels about it the at the not inconsiderable way Lady Bird Johnson sum of $525,000, there did when she saw it last was an outcry from Wash- fall. ington Catholics then en- "I miss the comfortable gaged in a fund drive for sofas and the warm invit- the poor. ing look," said Lady Bird. (The biggest objector, In place of the sofas are Paulist Father Edward four gilded chairs stamped Guinan, who went on a C. Sene, one of the great water-only fast until the seatmakers of Louis XVI's archbishop put the house time, and similar to some back on the market, later at Versailles. gave up his clerical status. He relinquished it to Can a President plop marry a co-worker in the down for a cozy evening soup kitchen for the poor.) on 300-year-old antiques? The answer is no. But it The archbishop's law- cost $100,000 to do over yer, George Hamilton III, the Yellow Oval Room, so said he went to great Mrs. Ford feels no more lengths to ascertain that money can be spent to the new owners would not make it comfortable. break the zoning law. Therefore the room, "I was told it would be once a favorite gathering occupied by Dr. William place during the Kennedy Bright, president of the $90 and Johnson administra- Campus Crusade for tions, is now 30 formal that it is used only for Belief that Bright might cocktails for state visitors. make his home there No wonder First Families would not soothe the Elementary for Any Weather need to get out of the neighbors, however. "To White House to relax. drop the college campus Posh and purposeful sophisticate that shrugs off movement with worldwide rain, and stains as well, for that matter. Easy, Washington, the diplo- contacts into a very quiet elegant lines to sash in if you choose. Bone matic capital of the world, residential district is an polyester-cotton with black, leather-mimic accents may not get the so-called outrage," said one of and gleams of goldtone metal on the sleeves "Christian Embassy" after them. and epaulettes. Sizes 8 to 16. all. Robert redford, whose That's the name 20 eyes, expression and pos- Wm. Christian businessmen led ture radiate masculine by Baton Rouge lawyer energy, found himself dis- Kitt Rolfe McCollister have cussing solar energy with given to the $550,000 man- everyone he met in Wash- sion they purchased here ington at his "Great Waldo to be "a nerve center for Pepper" premiere for the Star 1/2/76 Paint's the Answer A Little White Truth About White House For those who have always won- The building was first painted in dered but were afraid to ask, now it 1817, and the job has been all the can be told: more imperative since President Despite its inhospitable sandstone Theodore Roosevelt, who took office surface, the White House is as white in 1901, became the first occupant to as it is because it is painted every officially call the building the White four years. House instead of the Executive Man- In between time, especially on the sion. ornate and columned North and The work usually takes two to South porticos, the paint is occasion- three months, depending on the allly steam cleaned. weather. "The rest is a flat surface and fair- To close White House observers, ly well cleans itself," said a knowl- new paint takes on a sort of golden edgesble Pasi 4/3/76 Personalities Brigitte Bardot has embraced a new the identity of his bride-to-be. A calling. The most important thing she spokesman said yesterday that the has ever done, she says. She is start- Ohio Democrat will be married within ing a foundation to help protect the the next month. But since the couple world's wildlife. Only illness, she said, wishes to keep their plans private, the forced her to cancel a flight to Canada bride's name won't be a matter of a few days ago. She was on her way public record until it's entered on the to protest the clubbing of baby seals. marriage license. "This massacre must end," said the Hays was equally secretive about film star, "I have waged war against the identity of his first wife whom he this and I'll fight to the end." divorced earlier this year. No refer- ence to her appeared in the official Richard Nixon loved it. Gerald Congressional Directory. Ford evidently does not seem to har- Nobody velled "fire." but a few THE PORCELAIN Stars 2/29/76 Abigail Adams Set a Precedent Antiques and Americana: Fine Porcelain at the White House By Orva Heissenbuttel duced during this period Special to The Washington Star were of soft-paste porce- lain. The intent was to The tradition of using rival Meissen porcelain, only fine porcelain on and by early 1749 a fine White House tables was quality porcelain was pro- set by Abigail Adams, the first mistress of the Presi- B duced. It was in 1753 that the factory broke away dent's House. She brought from the "Dresden china along her own set of figure" style by starting French porcelain, made to produce unglazed bis- by the Sevres factory with cuit porcelain figures in a design of blue cornflow- imitation of marble The

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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 46, folder \"White House - The Residence\" of the\nSheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nPresident's Bedroom.\nAMERICAN HEPPLEWHITE FOUR POSTER BED\nMade of mahogany, this bed is the work of a craftsman of\nMassachusetts and dates from the late 18th century. Designed\nin the Federal style, it features reeding and fan-shaped carved\ninlays on the bedposts. The bed hangings are based on period\ndesigns of the early 19th century.\nKNEEHOLE SECRETARY-BOOKCASE\nDesigned in the Hepplewhite style and made in Baltimore\ncirca 1790-1810, the secretary is made of mahogany and richly\ninlaid with satinwood. The upper section is a bookcase and the\nlower section opens to reveal a flat writing surface. Formerly\nin the Garvan Collection.\nWING CHAIR\nThe upholstered wing chair is of Hepplewhite design dating\nabout 1800. It has been attributed to John and Thomas Seymour\nof Boston, Massachusetts. The most distinctive feature of this\nchair is the rich veneer panelling on the front face of the front\nlegs. The chair isuupholstered in a red cottom damask.\nMIRROR\nOver the Charleston chest hangs a New York mirror of the\nHepplewhite style dating from the late 18th century. It features\nan eglomisé panel illustrating classical scenes and floral motifs.\nBERAU R. FORD LINE*\nDigitized from Box 46 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nPools and\nBooks for\nPresidents\nBy Isabelle Shelton\nWashington Star Staff Writer\nThe new White House outdoor swim-\nming pool that President Ford first swam\nin yesterday is the latest in a long line of\ngifts the American people have given\ntheir presidents for their entertainment,\nrecreation and study.\nThe White House already had an inside\npool (no longer in use), two bowling\nalleys, a library, a movie theater, a\nstereo set with a huge record collection,\ntwo book collections, a pool table and a\ntennis court, all of them gifts. There used\nto be a putting green too but the last\nadministration removed it.\nThe earlier White House pool was con-\nverted by the Nixon administration into-\nenlarged press quarters. It was given in\n1933 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nwho needed the daily swim to exercise\nhis polio-shrunken legs.\nForty-four newspapers in New York\nstate, where Roosevelt had been gover-\nnor, conducted the fund drive, spear-\nheaded by the New York Daily News\n(which later came to be one of FDR's\nharshest critics).\nTHE 15X50-FOOT indoor pool, located\nin former storage space in the portico\nthat connects the West Wing with the\nexecutive mansion, cost $22,316 in 1933.\nRoosevelt and his large family and'\ntheir children used the pool daily. The\nEisenhower grandchildren used it a lot,\nas did President Truman and his daugh-\nter, Margaret. So did Presidents Kenne-\ndy and Johnson and their families. John-\nson also shocked sensitive souls by\nconducting affairs of state there while\nswimming naked.\nFord's new 22x55-foot heated outdoor\npool, constructed on the South Grounds\nbehind the President's Oval Office, is\ncosting an estimated $63,314.\nThere has been no final decision on\nwhat will be done with the balance of the\n$118,495 contributed by the general pub-\nlic, but part of it almost certainly will be\nused to build a poolside bath house of\nsome sort. At present, the President has\nto change into his swimming trunks in his\noffice, or go back to the family quarters\nin the mansion to change.\nALL OF THE FORDS loved their back-\nBERALD\nyard swimming pool when they lived in\nAlexandria, and the new pool is expected\nLISARAY\nto be used extensively by all of them -\nprobably twice a day by the President.\nThere has been some discussion by\nWhite House staff members about wheth-\ner they will ever be allowed to use the\npool. The original announcement said it\nwas for \"the President and his guests,\"\nand there has been no further definition\nof the word \"guests.\" The pool is unlikely\nSee WHITE HOUSE, Page 3\nWashington Stas - Lvly 6, 1975\nWHITE HOUSE\nPENN. AVE.\nContinued From F-1\nto be a playground for large groups of swimmers when\nthe President is in residence, because of its proximity to\nBOWLING ALLEY\nhis office.\nOver the years most of the recreational equipment\n(Underground)\ngiven to the White House has been donated either by\nprivate citizens or by a related industry.\nREFERENCE LIBRARY\nThus, President Eisenhower's putting green was a\n(Ground Floor)\ngift from the Mid-Atlantic Greenskeepers' Association.\nIt was removed, a veteran staff member recalls, be-\ncause \"Nixon wasn't using it, and the special grass re-\nquired was expensive to keep up.\"\nTOBO\nLIBRARY\nPAGE\n2\nTHE ELBURN HERALD, THURSDAY \"MAY 10, 1973\nSTATE OF ILLIN\npersonal quarters since in carrying the piece up a\nIN THE CIRCUIT COL\nflight of steps took them through this area. Between\nTHE 16th JUDICIAL C\nA WHITE HOUSE SPÉCIAL\nthis new facility and the President's bedroom is a private\nKANE COUNTY\ndining room, all of which face Pennsy Avenue.\nILLINOIS\nWindows are constructed of bullet-proof glass.\nIN PROBATE\nIn the Matter of the I\nBY MARION LANDIS\nWe mentioned previously the security check on all\nJOHN A. BENSON, I\nAny woman who enjoys her role as a homemaker can:\npersonnel involved with the job who had to be invest\nGen. No. 73-P-3601.\nundoubtedly understand Pat Nixon's elation over having\nigated just ten days before work was to begin, and the\nCLAIM NOTICE\nher own private kitchen to prepare family favorite dishes.\npolice escort which accompanied the trucks carrying\nNotice is given of the\nTrue, she had access to the several White House kitchens,\nJohn A. Benson of Elb\nthe equipment onto the White House grounds. In addition\nnois. Letters Testament\nbut can you imagine preparing an intimate family dinner\nto these precautions, the White House is literally filled\nissued on April 26,\nwith institutional sized equipment?\nwith security guards, reports Gee, who said he found\nPhilip Johnson, Execut\nAs reported a short time ago, a local man, Robert\none at every turn throughout the building.\n1, Elburn, Illinois, who:\nGee of Hughes Road, while discussing a news release\nVisiting with these guardians of the President's safety,\nney is John L. Nickels ;\npertaining to another matter, casually mentioned that\nAC, Elburn, Illinois 601:\nhe found them to be very intelligent, friendly young\nClaims may be filed\nhe would be in Washington, D. C., overseeing the\nmen whose ages he estimated to be between 22 and 30,\nmonths from the date\ninstallation of a St. Charles Kitchen. Atour request\nand who obviously were in top physical condition. He\nance of said Letters\nhe obligingly shared the experience with US.\nlearned that they are required to participate in a physical\nany claim not filed will\nThe kitchen was to be located next to the Nixon's\nperiod is barred as to tl\ntraining program for six hours each week which includes\nwhich is inventoried wi\nprivate quarters on the second floor in a room that\njudo instruction.\nperiod. Claims must be\nhad been, prior to her marriage, Margaret Truman's\nThese guards are changed every two hours because\nthe office of the Clerk\nbedroom. A huge brick fireplace had to be removed as\nCourt at the Kane Cour\nafter this amount of time they are inclined to be less\nHouse, 100 South Thir\npart of the remodeling which was to have started on\nalert, Gee was told.\nGeneva. Illinois and cop\nApril 3, but because the President had unexpectedly\nAs my husband, H. F., listened to Bob relate his\ned or delivered to the\nstayed another day after Mrs. Nixon had left for\nexperiences concerning tight security, he couldn't\nor administrator and\nCalifornia, the demolition was delayed one day. Gee\nhelp but reflect upon this change as compared with the\nattorney.\nDated April 26, 1973.\nreports that no souvenir remembrances were\nfreedom he enjoyed when visiting the Capitol in 1922.\nJan E. Carlson\navailable, not even a single brick from the fireplace\nAt that time, he reminisced, he and a friend strolled\nClerk of the Circ\ncould he bring home; neither was he permitted to take\nthru a corridor just outside the president's office where\nMay\nany pictures.\nthey could see Warren G. Harding at work at the pre-\nSTATE OF ILLINOIS\nThe new kitchen measures approximately 15 by 13 feet\nsidential desk. He also recalls how the two of them\nCOUNTY OF KANE\nwith an adjoining bar/pantry 91/2 by 6 which is com-\nwere barred from attending a meeting of the Senate\nIN THE CIRCUIT\nplete with sink and under counter refrigerator. After\nTHEREOF\nbecause they were not wearing suit coats even\nD\nFEDERAL NATIONAL\nthe remodeling was completed, St. Charles custom\nsweater would have sufficed, but shirt sleeves were\nGAGE ASSOCIATION,\ncabinets made to specifications were used to line the\ndefinitely out!\nporation organized and\n20-inch thick walls. Once Bob was permitted to check\nGee also tells US that the Herald, so far as he is\nunder the laws of th\nStates\nout his layout, he discovered one correction had to be\naware, is the only area paper to carry news of this\nmade. This necessitated phoning the home office at St.\ninstallation other than two daily papers in the East\nvs.\nCharles requesting that one unit be constructed three\nwho made small mention of the undertaking. The moral\nROSELLE STATE BA\ninches smaller than had been ordered which resulted in the\n(should there be one) is that area people should con\nTRUST COMPANY, 3\nOF TRUST 1315; UN\nspontaneous manufacture of another and sent the same\nscientiously read this local weekly (and hopefully\nBENEFICIARIES OF\nday by air-freight to Washington.\ncontribute) because, as in this instance, occasi onaly\n1315; JON R. PETI\nMrs. Nixon chose cabinet doors in Fruitwood\nTo: Patti\nhandling\nFrom: Betty Wells\nREX Picture essay of quaint, curious, unusual, historical,\namusing, small, detail objects of beauty found in White House ----\nprobably from 1900 on back. Would like to ignore the over-\nwhelming and obvious. These have already been on shows and in\nbooks. Little details that would impress the President and\nhis family, as well as Curator and staff, and co8ld be hidden\nfrom view. Her style is delicate and feminine in pen and ink\nhandled in a baroque manner with splashy, colorful, drippy,\noverlay of watercolors. How they can be used in Bicentinneal ---\nwon't be used in regular Friday stuff but should have a\nBicentinneal flavor. Perhaps will run during the week and think\nit would be shared with locals (WRC and NBC frequently share)\nwill be set to music and what would be said -- something on the\norder of \"The W.H. curator thiss this is particularly interesting,\" 11\nor anything that would give them a personal touch.\n(She knows Ford's friend Mr. Willis, President of Alakkan Airlines)\nDid NBC art stuff on Watergate, had a one-woman show at Baltimore\nMuseum of Art -- this would be more fine art that the\nGREAT FORD stuff\nBill Roberts can probably tell you more.\n2-E\nTHE PLAIN DEALER, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975\nThe Nixons left small\ncomfort in White House\nBy Betty Beale\nlic will get its first look at\ngave them a free hand,\ncoordinate Christian ac-\nWASHINGTON, D.C.-\npictures of the redone\nand the two men are\ntivities worldwide,\" ac-\nCan an average, redblood-\nrooms authorized by Pat\npleased with the authentic\ncording to McCollister.\ned American family find\nNixon.\nquality of it all.\nResidents of the super-\nhappiness in a museum?\nThe curator of the A-\nBut some members of\nplush area are up in arms\nOr what price authentici-\nmerican wing of the\nthe White House Preserva-\nover the purchase of the\nty?\nMetropolitan Museum,\ntion Committee, which 10\nhouse for a coordinating\nBarry Tracy, now calls the\nAnd when should au-\ndays ago held its first\ncenter. \"We are going to\nGreen Room \"the finest\nthenticity end and comfort\nmeeting in two years, dis-\nfight that right down to\nFederal room in an histor-\ncovered that the Green\nthe barrier,\" said a mem-\nbegin?\nic house in America,\" says\nRoom is no longer design-\nber of the area associa-\nThese are questions\nWhite House curator Cle-\ned for seated conversation.\ntion. \"If they want to set\nBetty Ford must have\nment Conger with pride.\nThe only place where\nup such an operation they\nasked herself many times\nConger is not only an\nguests can relax together\nshould go someplace in\nsince moving into the\nexpert on the period, but\nis on a settee blocked by a\nthe city not zoned solely\nWhite House.\nhe was assisted by that\nhigh Duncan Phyfe table\nfor single-family dwell-\nWhen the new White\nrecognized authority on\nin front of it.\nings.\"\nHouse guidebook is pub-\nthe 19th century, Edward\nThere are so many big\nFor Roman Catholic\nlished next month the pub-\nVason Jones. Mrs. Nixon\npieces in the small room,\nArchbishop William Baum\nthat there is very little\nof Washington, the seller,\nstanding room left either.\nit's the second time he's\nBeautiful authenticity it\nbeen engaged in a contro-\nhas, but comfortable\nversy over this mansion,\neharm it hasn't.\nconsidered by many to be\nAs for the Yellow Oval\nthe most beautiful house\nRoom in the First\nin Washington.\nFamily's private quarters\nWhen he bought it a year\non the second floor, Mrs.\nago for his own residence\nFord feels about it the\nat the not inconsiderable\nway Lady Bird Johnson\nsum of $525,000, there\ndid when she saw it last\nwas an outcry from Wash-\nfall.\nington Catholics then en-\n\"I miss the comfortable\ngaged in a fund drive for\nsofas and the warm invit-\nthe poor.\ning look,\" said Lady Bird.\n(The biggest objector,\nIn place of the sofas are\nPaulist Father Edward\nfour gilded chairs stamped\nGuinan, who went on a\nC. Sene, one of the great\nwater-only fast until the\nseatmakers of Louis XVI's\narchbishop put the house\ntime, and similar to some\nback on the market, later\nat Versailles.\ngave up his clerical status.\nHe relinquished it to\nCan a President plop\nmarry a co-worker in the\ndown for a cozy evening\nsoup kitchen for the poor.)\non 300-year-old antiques?\nThe answer is no. But it\nThe archbishop's law-\ncost $100,000 to do over\nyer, George Hamilton III,\nthe Yellow Oval Room, so\nsaid he went to great\nMrs. Ford feels no more\nlengths to ascertain that\nmoney can be spent to\nthe new owners would not\nmake it comfortable.\nbreak the zoning law.\nTherefore the room,\n\"I was told it would be\nonce a favorite gathering\noccupied by Dr. William\nplace during the Kennedy\nBright, president of the\n$90\nand Johnson administra-\nCampus Crusade for\ntions, is now 30 formal\nthat it is used only for\nBelief that Bright might\ncocktails for state visitors.\nmake his home there\nNo wonder First Families\nwould not soothe the\nElementary for Any Weather\nneed to get out of the\nneighbors, however. \"To\nWhite House to relax.\ndrop the college campus\nPosh and purposeful sophisticate that shrugs off\nmovement with worldwide\nrain, and stains as well, for that matter. Easy,\nWashington, the diplo-\ncontacts into a very quiet\nelegant lines to sash in if you choose. Bone\nmatic capital of the world,\nresidential district is an\npolyester-cotton with black, leather-mimic accents\nmay not get the so-called\noutrage,\" said one of\nand gleams of goldtone metal on the sleeves\n\"Christian Embassy\" after\nthem.\nand epaulettes. Sizes 8 to 16.\nall.\nRobert redford, whose\nThat's the name 20\neyes, expression and pos-\nWm.\nChristian businessmen led\nture radiate masculine\nby Baton Rouge lawyer\nenergy, found himself dis-\nKitt\nRolfe McCollister have\ncussing solar energy with\ngiven to the $550,000 man-\neveryone he met in Wash-\nsion they purchased here\nington at his \"Great Waldo\nto be \"a nerve center for\nPepper\" premiere for the\nStar 1/2/76\nPaint's the Answer\nA Little White Truth About White House\nFor those who have always won-\nThe building was first painted in\ndered but were afraid to ask, now it\n1817, and the job has been all the\ncan be told:\nmore imperative since President\nDespite its inhospitable sandstone\nTheodore Roosevelt, who took office\nsurface, the White House is as white\nin 1901, became the first occupant to\nas it is because it is painted every\nofficially call the building the White\nfour years.\nHouse instead of the Executive Man-\nIn between time, especially on the\nsion.\nornate and columned North and\nThe work usually takes two to\nSouth porticos, the paint is occasion-\nthree months, depending on the\nallly steam cleaned.\nweather.\n\"The rest is a flat surface and fair-\nTo close White House observers,\nly well cleans itself,\" said a knowl-\nnew paint takes on a sort of golden\nedgesble\nPasi 4/3/76 Personalities\nBrigitte Bardot has embraced a new\nthe identity of his bride-to-be. A\ncalling. The most important thing she\nspokesman said yesterday that the\nhas ever done, she says. She is start-\nOhio Democrat will be married within\ning a foundation to help protect the\nthe next month. But since the couple\nworld's wildlife. Only illness, she said,\nwishes to keep their plans private, the\nforced her to cancel a flight to Canada\nbride's name won't be a matter of\na few days ago. She was on her way\npublic record until it's entered on the\nto protest the clubbing of baby seals.\nmarriage license.\n\"This massacre must end,\" said the\nHays was equally secretive about\nfilm star, \"I have waged war against\nthe identity of his first wife whom he\nthis and I'll fight to the end.\"\ndivorced earlier this year. No refer-\nence to her appeared in the official\nRichard Nixon loved it. Gerald\nCongressional Directory.\nFord evidently does not seem to har-\nNobody velled \"fire.\" but a few\nTHE PORCELAIN\nStars 2/29/76\nAbigail Adams Set a Precedent\nAntiques and Americana: Fine Porcelain at the White House\nBy Orva Heissenbuttel\nduced during this period\nSpecial to The Washington Star\nwere of soft-paste porce-\nlain. The intent was to\nThe tradition of using\nrival Meissen porcelain,\nonly fine porcelain on\nand by early 1749 a fine\nWhite House tables was\nquality porcelain was pro-\nset by Abigail Adams, the\nfirst mistress of the Presi-\nB\nduced. It was in 1753 that\nthe factory broke away\ndent's House. She brought\nfrom the \"Dresden china\nalong her own set of\nfigure\" style by starting\nFrench porcelain, made\nto produce unglazed bis-\nby the Sevres factory with\ncuit porcelain figures in\na design of blue cornflow-\nimitation of marble The"
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