Milford chronicle., 1920-08-13
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
CALVIN COOLIDGE NEVER
DEFEATED

Ieu u. f1dIuluSs Sdlu Oucle lea, as
Jack and Ruth were seated on the
front lawn for their story, but 1 have
not told you anything about our next
Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, Gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
Tell us all about him." said Ruth.
''Yes, please do Uncle Ted" spoke
up Jack.
Well kiddies, can't tell you all
but I will start now and finish the
story some other time. In the very
first place, Governor Coolidge has
never been beaten in any race he has
made for a political Office. Fourteen
times he has run for public Office,
since his nomination for the Office of
city councilman in NORTHAMPTON,
Massachusetts. Governor Coolidge has
always been a big man in his own
state but it was not until he was re-
elected to the Office of Governor last
fall that he became a real national
character. The big thing that his re-
election hinged upon was the way in
which he handled a strike of the po-
hcemen of Boston. This strike took
place shortly before the end Of his
first term as Governor and he made
the police understand at once he was
not only against the strike but would
night them to the very last After the
very first night of rioting. Governor
Coolidge called out the state guard
and in his order named the striking
policemen as 'deserters.' He kept up
his fight against them in such a way
that they were never given back their
positions and the fact that he was re-
elected by big vote shows that the
people of Boston and the state of
Massachusetts knew him to be right
IN his stand. Nothing 1 can tell you
will show better why he took this
position than a proclamation which
he issued on September "a of last
year 1 will read it:
There appears to be a misappre- /
hensiOn as to the position of the po- I
lice of Boston. In the deliberate in
tention to intimidate and coerce the
Government of this Commonwealth a
large body of policemen, urging all
others to join them. deserted their
postg~of duty, letting in the enemy.
This act of theirs was voluntary,
AGAINST the advice of their well wish
ers, long discussed and premeditated.
and with the purpose of obstructing
the power of the Government to pro-
tect it's citizens or even to maintain
its own existence. Its success meant
anarchy. By this act through the op-
Grafton Of the law they dispossessed
themselves. They went out of Office.
They stand as though they had never
been appointed. Other police remain
ed on duty. They are the real heroes !
Of this crisis. The State Guard re-
sponded most efficiently. Thousands
have volunteered for the Guard and
he Militia. Money has been contribut- :
ed from every walk of life by the hun
lreds of thousands for the encourage
nent and relief of these loyal men. ,
These acts have been spontaneous, ',
significant, and decisive. I propose to :
support all those who are supporting :
heir own Government with every ,
)ower which the people have entrust- :
ID to me. There is an obligation, in
no less solemn, to resist =
IL those who do not support the Gov ;
The authority of the Com y
aOnwealth cannot be intimidated or
Oerced. 1t cannot be compromised. h
% place the maintenance of the n
ublic security in the hands of y
ody of men who have attempted to
estroy it would be to 1out the SOW f,
reignty of the laws the people have n
lade. It is my duty to resist any Ii
uch proposal. Those who would 1
ounsel it join hands with those
hose acts have threatened to de- f,
troy the Government. There is no f;
liddle ground. Every attempt to pre-
ent the formation of new police Al
)rce is a blow at the Government. h
hat way treason lies. No man has el
ght to place his own ease or con- r,
enience or the opportunity of MAX
lg money above his duty to the Al
tate. This is the cause of all the n;
eople. 1 call on every citizen TO
and by me in executing the oath of p
y Office by supporting the authority w
the Government and resisting all vi
ssaults upon it,
This shows you more than any 81
ling I can say the kind of man we n n
i'll have as the next Vice-President r,
the United States. Governor Cool
&c was born in Plymouth, Vermont, Al
/ July 4. 1872, and it is interesting tr
note that three presidents have bi
zen born on Independence Day. His lie,
ther still lives on the farm at Ply
outh, where the Governor has been wi
sitting this summer doing all kinds m,
work just as he did in his boyhoOd Sc
VS.. Calvin went to the public
hools of Plymouth and at the age en-
nineteen he entered Amherst Col ce
ge, graduating in 1895. In his SEN tn,
r year, in a competition with the
Idergraduates of all the American tn,
lleges, he won a gold medal for the is
st essay on The Principles of the Be
ar for American independence For
enty months after his graduation me
studied law in the Offices of the Ba
m of Hammond and Field, in North Ha
lpton, Massachusetts. AS soon as he Sa
is admitted to practice he opened me
ices there. fisl
Next week I will tell you some me
IRE about the life of Calvin Cool we
,e, but there is one interesting ize
ng about the Boston police strike gal
1t you should know and remember. the
Massachusetts had had a governor gal
10 would have given in to the strik \
, policemen, it would have enco1r- daI
ed policemen in other large. cities Ma
try the same thing. For that reason ma
was of national Importance that Thi
situation be handled firmly. Gov pal
Tor Coolidge did handle it firmly ing
i so well that the police in other Ger
nmunities have stuck to their jobs in
/ maintained public order" J
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