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COOLIDGE REMIS
561,1184.1 SUMS
IND ISKS ECOiffi
(Continued from Rage 1)
sress. The applications from vet
erans so far have been below the es
timated number which the records
indicate as entitled to the benefits of
the act. If the two appropriations
recommended be made, it is esti
mated there will be a. sufficient
amount in the fund on January 1,
1926, to meet the demands of the
act. Should the number of applica
tions increase beyond what present
experience indicates as probable,
there will be ample time to submit
a supplemental estimate for the ad
ditional amount necessary before
That date.
'' “For federal aid to states the
estimates provide in excess of $109,-
000,000. These subsidies are pre
scribed by law. 1 am convinced
that the broadening of this field of
activity is detrimental both to fed
eral and state governments. Ef
ficiency of federal operations is im
paired as their scope is unduly en
larged. Efficiency of state govern
ments is impaired as they relinquish
and turn over to the federal gov
ernment responsibilities which are
rightfully theirs. I am opposed to
expansion of these subsidies
My conviction is they can be cur
tailed with benefit to both the fed
eral and state governments.
"For reclamation purposes I am
recommending $9,777,257 for 1926.
It is highly desirable that the con
gress, as a basis for this and other
future reclamation expenditures,
enact the legislation embodying
’ new reclamation policies proposed
in H. R. 9611, Sixty-eighth congress,
first session.
Debt Reduced .$1,098,894,375
"The gross public debt was re
duced $1,098,894,375 during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1924, and tood
at $21,250,812,989 on the latter date.
This reduction was accomplished
through (1) the application of the
sinking fund and other public debt
requirements required to be made
from ordinary receipts, aggregating
,$457,999,750; (2) a reduction in ,the
general fund balance of $135,527,-
639; and (3) the use of the entire
surplus of $505,366,986. The annual
interest charges on the debt repre
sented by this reduction are eiuiva
lent to over $45,000,000.
"The total reduction in the debt
since the high point of $26,594,000.-
000 on August 31, 1919, amounted
to $5,343,000,000 at the close of the
last fiscal year. This total reduc
tion has effected a saving in inter
est amounting to approximately
3225,000,000 annually, a saving which
equals nearly one-third of the total
annual pre-war expenditures of the
government.
"The fixed-debt charges are in
cluded in the regular budget of the
government under a definite plan
worked out soon after the close of
the war for the gradual retirement
of the public debt, and must be met
before the budget can balance. The
most important of these fixed-debt
charges is the cumulative sinking
£und provided in the Victory Libertv
loan act. Retirements through this
fund during the past fiscal year
were about $296,000,000. The next
items in size among the fixed-debt
(barges are the retirements of se
curities received from foreign gov
ernments under debt settlements
and the purchases and retirements
of securities from foreign repay
ments. These continuing reductions
of the public debt have a very ma
terial effect in maintaining high
prices for Liberty bonds. They per
pit the issuance of new government
Securities for temporary and for re
binding purposes at low interest
ates, with consequent further econ
my in government expenditures.
Merest paid in the fiscal year 1924
mounted to $910,000,000. It is es
mated that this item will be $865,-
. m.OOO in 1925 and $830,000,000 in
)26. This saving of $110,000,000
u two years is the result of the
auction in the amount of the debt
ad decrease in* the average rate
’ interest paid. The sinking fund
a part of the contract between
le United States and the holder of
io United States obligation, and,
lerefore, cannot in good faith be
tanged. The continual steady ef
ct of these debt-reducing factors
to cut down the largest single
em of government expenditure,
ad permit further reductions in the
jrden of taxation.
Indorses Building Program
.“During the last session of con
-1 'ess a bill was introduced authoriz-
ig a yearly appropriation of not
cceeding $10,000,000 for a progres
ve building program in the Dis
ict of Columbia. This bill has my
ndorsement. I earnestly recom
mend its enactment by. congress.
"I have recently appointed a com>
. lission to investigate agricultural
jgislation or otherwise, should be
iken *to place agriculture on a
asis of economic equality with oth
r industries. The findings and rec
mmendations of the commission are
■>r the use of the congress. I men
jvn-i this commission here fop the
Vason that 1 will shortly submit
*to the congress an estimate of ap
propriation to meet the expenses of
the commission.
“We are now in the fourth year
of our campaign for reduction in
lhe cost of government. Our aim is
to reduce the burden of taxes. In
this we have been successful. For
tliose things which we are now re
quired to do we are fast reducing
c>f*r expenritures to a minimum con
sistent with efficient service. We
have before us an estimated surplus
of $67,000,000 for the current fiscal
year and $373,000,000 for the next
fiscal year. Shall we embark upon
new projects involving expenditures
which will prevent the accumulation
of these expected surpluses, or shall
we continue the campaign for econ
omy? I am for economy. If we
continue the campaign for economy
we will pave the way for further
reduction in taxes. This reduction
cannot be effected immediately. Be
fore it is undertaken we should
kr»w more definitely by actual op
eration what our revenues will be
under our present tax law. B’ - the
knowledge of our revenue under the
existing law will avail us nothing if
we embark upon any new large ex
* nenditure program."
COST OF GOVERNMENT FINED
AT $3,729,519,816 IN 1926
WASHINGTON, Dec. The cost
of running the federal government in
the fiscal year 1926 was fixed by
President Coolidge, in the annual
budget sent to congress today, at $3.-
729,519,846.15, or a reduction of $59,-
225,931.72 from the estimated expen-
of the current year.
- YThe estimates for the principal ex
penditures for the next fiscal year,
. s compared with estimated expendi
tures for the present twelve months,
follow:
Public debt (interest). 1926, $830,-
009.000; 1925. $865,000,000.
Public debt (reduction of principal),
1926. $484,766,130; 1925. $471,806,401.
Postoffice department. 1926, $637,-
376.005; 1925. ■613.645,195.
Xjfer department, 1926, $338,551,230;
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THE ATLANTA TRLWEKICLY JOURNAL
It Is Hard to Believe, Isn’t It?
But then, when almost all of them are beauties, you can’t particularly blame James Montgomery
Flagg, famous American artist and illustrator, or E. M. Jackson, nationally known artist and for
mer Atlantian, or Henry Wagstaff, well known local commercial artist, for receiving a severe shock
when they chance upon a somewlhat homely Atlanta, girl strolling down Peachtree. The sketch,
drawn by Mr. Flagg, shows the famous artist, exclaiming: “My goodness! That was a near-ugly
girl.” The others wore similarly affected but. not so much.
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1925, $347,153,594.
Navy department. 1926, $289,783,-
978; 1925, $313,207,257.
Interior department, 1926, $267,785,-
596; 1925, $294,319,163.
Treasury department, 1926, $163,-
847,741; 1925, $180,658,100.
Agriculture department, 1926, $140,-
092,750; 1925, $78,047,186.
Commerce department, 1926, $22,-
741,514; 1925, $25,842,555.
Justice department, 1926, $24,917,-
822; 1925, $22,629,616.
State department, 1926, $16,130,652;
1925, $16,264,756.
Labor department, 1926, $8,335,260;
1925, $8,676,346.
Veterans’bureau, 1926, $105,700,000;
1925, $484,957,898.
Shipping board, 1926, $24,330,000;
1925, $30,344,000.
Interstate commerce commission,
1926, $4,913,500; 1925, $4,641,864.
Tariff commission, 1926, $721,500;
1925, $683,240.
Federal trade commission, 1926,
$950,000; 1925, $1,010,000.
Vocational education board, 1926,
$8,222,270; 1925, $7,324,000.
White House executive offices,
1926, $439,960; 1925, $441,367.
Senate, 1926, $2,559,249; 1925, $2,-
554,879.
House, 1926, $6,395,751; 1925, $6,-
405,038.
District of Columbia, 1926, $32,335,-
827; 1925, $30,354,115.
The estimates of six major depart
ments or other agencies of the gov
ernment —interior, navy, war, treas
ury, shipping board and veterans’ bu
reau—were reduced in the new bud
get, while there was only one notable
increase—that for the department of
agriculture.
Smaller Pension Allotment
Practically all of the $26,000,000 re
duction in the interior department to
tal was due to the smaller allotment
for the pension bureau. That bu
reau’s outlay was cut from $224,616,-
000 for the current year to $199,116,- I
000 for next year, largely because of
the decreasing pension roll resulting j
from the death of pensioners.
The cut of $23,000,000 in the navy’s
total was scattered over many items
of expenditure, but a large part of
it was due to a reduction of the fund I
set aside under the heading of “In
crease of the Navy.’’ It is understood i
supplemental estimates for needed
construction will go to congress;
later. The budget director’s report
to the president declared that under
the total allowed the navy can con
tinue at its present enlisted strength
of 86,000 men; the marine corps will
have provision for 13,000 men in
stead of the present 19,500; the naval
reserve force will continue on prac
tically the present basis; it will be
possible to increase the average
steaming range of battleships from
19,400 miles to 23,700; two more of
the submarines authorized in 1916 I
can be laid down; new aircraft can
be purchased; and it will be pos
sible to continue work “at a normal
rate of speed on all new ships under
construction within the limitation of
authorized cost.”
There were scattered reductions
totalling $8,600,000 in the war de
partment’s allowance, but no par
ticular branch of the military serv
ice was singled out for reduced ap
propriations. Under the total au
thorized the budget bureau declared,
the regular army can continue on
its present basis of 12,000 officers
and an average enlisted strength of
118,000; the number of reserve of
ficers who can be trained will re
main about the same; attendance at
the citizens training camps must be
limited to 29,000 instead of 33,900 in
the current year and the militia bu
reau will be able to maintain an
average strength of 173,500, a reduc
tion of 3,500 from the present au
thorization. The air service allotment
was increased from $14,900,000 for
the current year to $17,000,000 dur
ing the coming year to “enable the
air service to make reasonable prog
ress toward cutting down its present
shortage in heavier-than-air craft
and at the same time assist in keep
ing alive the aircraft industry for
use in time of emergency.” The
total fixed for rivers and harbors
improvement—ss9,277.99o—is prac
tically the same as for the present
year.
Vets’ Fund Cut $79,000,000
It was in the veterans bureau es
timate that the budget director made
his biggest cut under the figures
submitted a year ago. A net total of
$79,000,000 was lopped off, despite
increases in some departments of the
bureau's activities. The factors which
more than offset these increases in
cluded a drop from $89,000,000 to
$38,000,000 for vocational rehabilita
tion, due to the decreasing necessity
for giving vocational training to men
wounded in the war; a reduction
from $127,800,000 set aside a year
ago for possible use in bonus pay
ments. to $62,000,000 which the bud
get director estimated would be suf
ficient to carry the payments
through next year if applications
continue to come in at their present
slow rate; and a $7,000,000 reduc
tion in the amount set aside for
hospital construction.
The treasury department’s educa
tion’s reduction of $16,810,000 under
the total for the present year was
largely accounted for by the fact
that tax refunds amounting to $16,-
140.000. resulting from the 25 per
cent reduction voted by congress at
the last session, were included in
the expenditures of the current year
and no like item was necessary in
the new budget. The coast guard
allotment was increased by $1,650,-
000, as a part of the drive against'
rum runners, while the total giv
en the customs service was cut
$712,000 —a reduction declared by
the budget director to be due to de
creased activities and an estimated
falling off in refunds.
Included in the factors contribut
ing to the shipping board’s reduc
tion of $6,000,000 were enumerated
improved methods of operation, to
gether with the consolidation, cur
tailment and reduction in the num
ber of trade routes, and an improve
ment in freight rates.
The budget bureau informed the
president in its report that the net
increase of $62,000,000 in the amount
set aside for the agriculture de
partment was “due primarily to an
increase from $13,000,000 to $80,000,-
000 for the construction of rural
post roads.” There were various
comparatively small increases in
other activities of the department.
More than half of the $2,288,000
increase in the allowance for the
justice department was accounted
for by a decision to more than triple
the amount set aside “for the inves
tigation and prosecution of war
frauds.” The war frauds item in the
budget for the present year amount
ed to but $500,000, but in the new
budget it is $1,725,000. The amount
set aside for enforcement of anti
trust laws was increased from $203,-
930 to $228,000.
A net increase of $23,000,000 also
was shown for the postoffice de
partment, but the whole expendi
ture of that department is expected
to be returned to the treasury,
along with a surplus, as a result
of postal revenues. In theory the
postal service always is regarded in
the budget as self-supporting; al
though it has not always been so in
fact. The budget bureau declared
revenues for the fiscal year 1926
had been conservatively estimated ■
at $647,410,000, while the amount to
be advanced to the department for
expenses is only $637,376,005.
Should these expectations be borne
out, a postal surplus of more than
$10,000,000 would be turned back
into the treasury.
Mr. Jesse L. Lemon
Will Be Interred in
Acworth Wednesday
ACWORTH, Ga., Dec. 2.—The
body of Mr. Jesse L. Lemon is ex
pected to arrive here at 9 o’clock
Wednesday morning from Pittsburg,
Pa., he having died in an East Pitts
burg rooming house a few days ago.
The body will be taken in charge
by Mrs. J. L. Nichols, a cousin, and
the funeral will be conducted at 3
o’clock from the Presbyterian
church, with interment following in
Mars Hill cemetery.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the funeral services, as Mr.
Lemon at one time was a leading
business man here, a citizen actively
interested in all civic movements
and highly esteemed. Some twelve
years ago he lost his fortune, accord
ing to his old friends who recall his
financial struggles before he became
estranged from his wife and went
away. He was at one time a stock
holder in the Lemon Banking com
pany, which was founded by his fa
; ther.
Relatives have been in touch with
him since he went to East Pittsburg,
where he had a good position with
the Westinghouse Electric company
for eight years, later going with the
Singer Sewing Machine company
Some months a-, J his health became
badly impaired, and too proud to
ask his family for funds, it is said,
he died in poverty. Mrs. Nichols
was notified and sent money for
transportation of his body.
Fire Destroys Theater
In Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Dec. 2.
Fire about 2 o’clock this morning de
stroyed the Ideal theater, moving
picture house in the center of the
city, damaged offices on the second
floor of the building, and smoke and
water also caused damage to ad
joining buildings. The origin of the
fire has not been learned, the blaze
being discovered on the floor of the
theater near the screen. All equip
ment of the theater was burned. A
large supply of films also was de
stroyed.
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LONDON, Dec. 2.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Justice Darling today
returned judgment in favor of the
Midland bank in the suit brought
against the bank by Charles E. Rob
inson, former bookmaker.
The bank also was awarded the
costs of the trial.
Robinson sued to recover 125,000
pounds sterling, which he alleged the
bank owed him on account of a set
tlement with “Mr. A.,” an unnamed
Indian potentate who had become in
timate with his wife.
The bank asserted that the money
was never received for Robinson,
and also alleged that the plaintiff
was a party to a blackmail plot to
obtain the money from the myste
rious “Mr. A.,” and therefore was
not entitled to recover. A jury in
the case cleared Robinson and his
wife of th" allegations that they
were parties to a conspiracy.
CHANCE SEEN FOR ARTHUR
TO DODGE EXTRADITION
PARIS, Dec. 2. —The question of
whether the British government has
the right to demand the extradition
of a citizen of the Irish Free State
will be raised in the case of James
Charles Arthur, former British army
officer, arrested yesterday as the
mysterious aide-de-camp of the In
dian potentate in the sensational
London blackmail case, if the ac
cused man decides to fight extradi
tion here, his attorney, M. Gide, de
clared today.
The extradition warrant for
Arthur arrived at the surety gen
erale headquarters at noon from
the French foreign office, which had
• received it from the British em
bassy. Attorney Gide was in con
ference with his client this afternoon
at the central police depot, where
the latter is being held. He said he
would endeavor to get in touch with
the Irish Free State consular repre
sentative regarding the extradition
point. M. Gide said there was no
extradition treaty between France
and the Irish Free State, of which
Arthur claims he is a‘ citizen, and
he believed that if the former army
officer wished to contest the case,
he had a sound legal claim.
The attorney added that if Arthur
decides to waive extradition proceed
ings he would return to London
with him, and being a member of
the British bar as well as of the
French, would fight the case through
the courts for him. He said he
would not mention the name of “Mr.
A.” now, referring to the Indian
prince in the blackmailing case.
“I might have to refer to Mr. A.
later if circumstances force me to,
but I know it is quite a grave af
fair,” he said.
Judge Blanton Fortson
Proposed as Successor
Os Judge Alex C. King
MONROE, Ga., Dec. 2.—Judge
Blanton Fortson, of the superior
courts of the western circuit, has
been indorsed by the bar of Monroe
and the western circuit for ap
pointment to the United States cir
cuit court of appeals to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Judge Alex C. King, of Atlanta.
Judge Fortson’s character, ability,
attainments and judicial tempera
ment are highly commended to
President Coolidge in resolutions
adopted by the association.
Judge Fortson is highly esteemed
throughout this section of the state,
and his friends feel that he is emi
nently fitted so ■ the high honor pro
posed for him by the bar associa
tion.
Rockefellers’ Money
Is Curse of Baptists,
Dr.'Stratton Asserts
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—“ The Rocke
feller money is the greatest curse
that rests today upon the Baptist
denomination.” the Rev. Dr. John
Roach Stratton, pastor of the Cal
vary Baptist church and a funda
mentalist leader, said last night, ad
dressing the Baptist Bible Union of
North America.
He was alluding, he said, to an ad
dress delivered last Sunday by John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., before the Men’s
Bible class of the Park Avenue Bap
tist church.
i In that discourse Mr. Rockefeller
praised the religion of today in con
trast to the'religion of a hundred
; years ago. and declared “adherence
i to the literal interpretation of the
I Scriptures is increas.ngly less possi
ble in view of the discoveries of
■ science.”
INTERIOR DIM
BILL. BEFORE HOUSE;
IS COT 501 WO
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A tola)
of $238,000,000, or $31,000,000 less
than the amount made available last
year, was carried in the intei lot de
partment supply bill as reported to
day to the house. First of the ap
propriation bills to receive commit
tee approval, its figures were well
under the budget estimates.
Outstanding differences from the,
bill passed last year are reductions
of ’ $25,000,000 for army and naw
pensions, made possible by a shrink
age in the number of pensioners;
$4,300,000 for the reclamation
service, $1,000,000 for the Indian
service and $600,000 under the gen
eral land office. An increase of
$672,000 was shown for thn Alaskan
railroad.
The bill would carry out recom
mendations of the interior depart
ment for abolition of the office of
surveyor general and consolidation
of his work with the field survey
ing service, a change v/hich would
result directly in a saving of $167.-
000. This plan also would call for
the abolition of thirty-nine land of
fices and do away with the position
of receiver of the remaining offices,
at an estimated saving of $255,000.
Among the land offices which
would be abolished next July 1. un
der the bill, it one at Jackson. Miss.
The bill carries $199,095,000 for
the pension office; $11,883,270 for
the bureau of Indian affairs; $8,943,-
000 for the reclamation bureau;
$3,187,640 for the national park
service; $2 081,600 tor the patent of
fice; $2,583,590 for the general land
office; $1,908,637 for the government
in territories and the Alaskan rail
road; $1,881,560 for the bureau of
mines; $1,637,760 for the geological
survey, and $794,495 for the bureau
of education.
Work Urges Oil Commission
Creation of a permanent federal oil
commission with a view to conserva
tion, congressional action on the new
reclamation program, improvements
in the administration of the country’s
island possessions, and legislation to
increase the internal efficiency of
the interior department were rec
ommended by Secretary Work today
in his annual report.
The secretary did not discuss the
oil situation at length, but he de
clared formation of a commission of
cabinet mmbers to deal with it is
“an urgent ncessity.”
He likewise touched but briefly on
the new reclamation program which
was worked out by a special com
mission but which failed of congres
sional approval at the last session.
Enactment of the legislation con
templated in the program, he said,
is one of the tasks with which the
present session should deal promptly.
He suggested that within the inte
rior department itself there is need
for a new bureau of public works, in
which all construction and engineer
ing work performed by the govern
ment can be centerd. He also ad
vocated the concntration into one
department, and under one member
of the cabinet, of the terrtorial af
fairs of Alaska and Hawaii.
May Ask Land Law Changes
The report contained a hint that
a general overhauling of the public
land laws may be recommended later
to congress. Secretary Work said a
special committee is studying these
statutes, and added:
“It is probable that growth of the
country and changed conditions will
warrant some radical departure from
established custom. The question
arises whether the government
should continue the present method
of disposing of its public domain.
The present law covering the acquisi
tion of timber and stone lands on the
public domain, passed -in 1878, should
be revised to better protect our van
ishing timber in the public interest.”
The results of the recent reorgani
zation of the pension bureau, which
clipped $266,000 from the annual pay
roll and enabled the bureau to re
turn $56,000 of its appropriation to
the treasury, were praised by the
secretary as constituting a measure
both of economy and efficiency. Bet
ter results has been brought about,
he said, despite the fact that 338 po
sitions in the bureau were eliminated
by the reorganization program.
It was pointed out that a special
commission is studying the situation
in the patent office, with a view to
bringing that bureau's work up to
date, and that mproved methods of
administration in the general land of
rice have effected a saving of about
$85,000 during the year in its operat
ing expenses.
Declaring the problem of directing
federal guardianship of 225,000 In
dians is one of great concern to him,
the secretary urged that centralized
authority with decentralized respon
sibility is essential in the Indian
service, because of the distance be
tween the bureau in Washington
and its wards.
Board Reappointed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 2.
All members of the Florida board of
accountancy were reappointed Tues
day by Governor Hardee for another
term. The board is composed of
George H. Ford and Robert Rent
land, Jr., of Jacksonville, and John
A. Hansbrough, of Tampa. This
board has charge of examination of
applicants for license as certified
public accountants In Florida.
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BREIMRTIES
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal—Copy
right, 192 L)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. —"Break-
fast at 8 at the White House” may
some day make the Reporters wake
up early with a suspicion that such
unaccustomed beginnings of a con
gressional day are really significant
of something impending, but thus
far the only meaning the conferences
between President Coolidge and the
Republican members of the United i
States senate is social get-together, j
personal, and a gesture of the anx- ■
iety of the executive to get on terms |
of fellowship with his party col- •
leagues.
Mr. Coolidge sat for nearly three |
years on the rostrum of the senate !
and gazed silently into the faces of ;
the senators but said nothing him- I
self. Beyond the natural comments :
that go with a social visit, the White ;
House breakfasts have developed no I
talkativeness on legislative matters, I
by the president. In other days, not
so long ago, a Roosevelt might have '
punctuated the conversation with |
staccato comments about current i
events in the land of the unofficial |
world. Wilson would have disclosed j
in dignified phrases a serious atti
tude toward party leadership or in
itiative. A Harding would have told
the latest story he had heard or
enjoyed the telling of the new ones
by his visitors.
Breakfast Hour Convenient
But Mr. Coolidge is different. First
of all he has his conferences at
breakfast at the incompdehensible
hour of 8. But if the truth were
known it’s the most convenient hour
of the whole day for members of
congress and for the president. Nine
ty per cent of the members of con
gress eat breakfast btween 7:3.0 and
8 o’clock. If were to
invite them to lunch it would con
flict with the meeting hour of con
gress which is noon and the two
hours thereafter are usually the
most important in the congressional
day. If the invitation were to be for
dinner, the president would find
himself embarrassed by the number
of declinations on the plea of othei’
engagements. Senators and mem
bers of the house either have speak
ing dates or dinner engagements
made ahead of time. Mr. Coolidge
likes to get up these breakfasts on
short notice and he can be sure of
100 per cent attendance if he se
lects the early morning hour.
Then, too, time is saved. Whole
evenings would be spent after din
ner in fuSfe debate on public ques
tions. Mr. Coolidge is not trying to
tel! congress his views except in
official messages. There may come
a time when he will need to follow
up his recommendations for legisla
tion with personal persuasion but
that is best accomplished as a rule
by meeting members of congress in- i
dividually or in groups of two or i
three.
V, hat Mr. Coolidge is really try
ing to do Is to erase the impression
that because he is not a talkative
individual he is aloof and cold. He
wants congress to believe he is en
dowed with a spirit of fellowship
and good will toward them so that
if he essays leadership on major
questions he shall not be accused of
coercion and bossism.
Precedents Pointed
Mr. Wilson rarely used meal
hours for conferences with anyone
on official business, and almost
never invited members of congress
to eat with him at the White House.
He was criticized for it, though his
plea was that it was the only time
h efound to give to the members of
his family, and that it helped him
to relax. Presidents Taft Roose-
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velt and Harding found, on the oth
er hand, that it was a splendid op
portunity to develop friendly rela
tions with riic:./..<ers of congress.
The Democratic members of the
house and senate are looking on
wondering what it’s all about. One
of them remarked today on how the I
times had changed, how if a Dem- |
ocratic president had repeatedly ■
summoned only members of his par
ty to conference, he would have
been called president of the Demo
cr ' • party, and how the emphasis
on partisan administration by the
party in power has come back again.
Mr. Coolidge, however, is inviting
even the members of the senate who
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cans but who have not been warm
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Senator Norris, of Nebraska,
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I opposite side of the administration,
! but he, too, was summoned. Mr.
; Coolidge is trying hard to bring his
: own party into harmonious relation
! with the White House, but it does
j look as if Senators La Follette, Fra-
I zier, Ladd and Brookhart will have
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lican members of the senate in read
ing the four rebels out of the party.
The breakfasts are for Republicans
1 only, those who have been good and <
I who show promise of being good. •
I Youth Meets Death
Under Auto’s Wheels
As Result of Prank
THIBODNUX, La., Dec. 2.—Think- i
ing it would be funny to see three j
i boys scamper into the ditch, Herman j
| Rhodes, 18, darted his car into the
itrio as they were walking on, the;
1 road near Chacklay, Sunday night. ,
Two of the boys jumped, but Gaston
Clement, 21, of Chacklay, was a bit
i slow, and he was struck and killed.
Rhodes kept going, but was traced to
la garage, where he was arrested.
Rhodes, according to authorities,
said he “thought it would be funny
to make the pedestrians jump into
I the ditch.”
Signs Blank Checks
For His Funeral, Then
Shoots Wife and Self
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Dec. 2.—After
. signing blank checks to the order
i of a local cemetery and to his daugh-
■ ter, Harry A. Klock pursued his wife
I about their home with a pistol early !
, today, shot and twice wounded her
I and then killed himself.
Mrs. Klock fled barefooted through
snow to a neighbor’s house.
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