People, Apr. 25, 1977

It's not much compared with the digs next door, but Amy Carter calls her new tree house home. Situated in a secluded thicket on the south lawn of the White House, the 4-ft. by 5-ft. platform is raised on wooden stilts and can be reached by shinnying up a sturdy old Atlas cedar. Amy introduced her 20-month-old nephew Jason, son of Jack and Judy Carter, to her leafy perch last week, and even her dad, says the First Child, "climbed up here once." The architect of the project is the President, who remembers well...

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