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Tho China Hoom, show plate for historic art ob
jects, has china cabinets built into the walls.
The Eisenhowers formally accept anticiue pieces
contributed for the Diplomatic Heception Room.
Tho Center Hall on top floor of tho White House
is tastefully decoroted with an eye for comfort.
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One of several new guest rooms, this one is fur
nished with reproductions of 18th-century beds.
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Tha swimming pool in the West Wing of tlwWhite
House was built for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The most important desk in the land wails for President Kennedy.
An Open Letter to
President and Mrs. Kennedy
Someone who has just moved out suggests to
the family moving in how their stay
in the White House can be a rewarding one
By STEPHEN HESS
Former Special Assistant to President Eisenhower
Dear President and Mrs. Kennedy:
Welcome to the White House! For the next four
years your office and home will be in the most fas
cinating building in the world. As one who has just
left the White House, after spending two years on
President Eisenhower's staff, I might be able to
give you a few tips on your new home. I hope you
will not think me presumptuous: these suggestions
are offered only in the hope that our new President
and his family will spend a happy and rewarding
future in the White House.
Landscaping:
' First of all, let's take one of the least pressing
problems: choosing a tree to plant on the White
House lawn as almost every other President of
the United States has done. President Eisenhower
added a red oak; there is an American elm that
John Quincy Adams planted; Grover Cleveland
chose a Japanese maple. Andrew Jackson brought
a Southern magnolia from his estate, the Hermi
tage. Perhaps you might bring a tree to the White
House from Hyannis Port, Mass.
Recreation:
For relaxation you'll have a tennis court (used
most recently by Margaret Truman) and the put
ting green used by President Eisenhower. There is
also a swimming pool (built for Franklin Delano
Roosevelt) and a small gymnasium with punching
bag and exercising machine. A warning the latter
once got out of control and ran away with Tom
Stephens, President Eisenhower's appointments
secretary, so watch out! I have one other small
suggestion about your recreation facilities: I've
noticed that the water temperature in the swim
ming pool is kept at 90 degrees. I think this is jar
too hot to be invigorating.
Decor:
I've read newspaper speculation that Mrs. Ken
nedy may exhibit modern art in the White House.
I happen to like modern art very much, but I think
there is a place for everything. Modern art, I feel,
would detract from the elegant public rooms, such
as the State Dining Room and the East Room. You
might put modern art in the "Fish Room." This is
right across the hall from your office and is used
as the staff conference room. By the way, it is
called the "Fish Room" because President Roose
velt kept his aquarium there. I've heard, too, that
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COVER:
We're certain snow was made for moments
like this, a$ our young friends delight
themselves tohoggnning down the slope.
Glen Fishback photographed the pay scene.
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WAITER C. DREYFUS Virr IVr.idrnl
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