The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

ITrHILL after . long. hard pull, easing
" OF At the crest Of the grade, ready now
to pursue the even tenor Of life without 20
much pufins and slipping Of the wheels-
such IL the state of the Nation, economically.
politically and socially, according to Calvin
Coolidge
In an interview granted the writer within
his own spacious, well cooled sanctum in the
Senate of5ce building In Washington. just
under the shadow of the National Capitol
the first interview Of its kind rejecting his
views of national condition since he was in
aucted into the Office of Vice President about
four months ago-Mr. Coolidge gave as his
impression that the era Of abnormal condi-
tons born out of the war, the spirit of un-
rest and unreality that has obsessed the
world at large, particularly our own Nation,
for the last few years, Is pretty well broken.
Better things are at hand, he thinks; the
fall and winter months ought to see a re-
sumption of normal life on q scale compara-
bic to pre-war times, although it will take
some time to recover in any quantitativs
measure from the solar -plexus dealt US By
the gods Of war.
valeseent stage and well on the way to re-
eorery," he said. 'It is reasonable to eI-
pect that shortly there will be a marked i'm
proyement in national affairs all along the
line"
Impossible within the short span of four
months to gauge fairly our affairs BY the
accomplishments at hand, Mr.. Coolidge be-
lieves the trend Of events steadily is toward
a rehabilitation all along the line. One
third Of a year is hardly sufficient time in
which to judge the new Republican Admin
istration; and yet. in the affairs of the
moment and the promise Of the near fu.
ture, there is sufficient to warrant the as
sumption that the Nation is settling back
into the long steady stride that brought 1,
along from a group of colonies to a powerful
Republic supreme in its leadership among
the nations Of the earth
0DACK to normally" is being realized,
- says the Vice President; "less of xoy-
srnment in business and more of business in
Government" Is not an idle phrase, but an
realization.
Here In Washington, the whole trend is
toward economy, retrenchment, a reafirma-
ton of sound values, and a e-establish-
nent on safe and sane proportions" be
said. Wherever one goes in Washington
this summer he hears talk Of the kind and
notes movements tending in that direction.
Tariff, tax revision, budget reforms, dis
armament, decrease Of taxes-it is in the
air. There seems to be q widespread de-
sire to cut the knot Of restrictions and
hampering influences that bind Us and
emerge into the free and unrestrained life Of
normal times"
Nothing could be more typical Of this,
he avows, than the acclaim that followed
the Inauguration of the new budget system
and the installation Of General Dawes into
Office Translated into the life of the aver
age citizen, this thought amounts to the
conclusion that people everywhere are agreed
the application of the budget system to pri-
yste business, to the home and the life Of
the individual is the need of the hour.
1T is indeed highly significant" said the
Vice President, ito find the general reaction
braces q restoration Of the old economic
order. find this everywhere 60 over the
country.
"AT our cry has been Of success-material
success-and money. 1t has been thought BY
many that success is to be judged by the
money one accumulates. With that end in
view the people have been reaching out for
more and more. Money, money and still
more money-for time it was the national
fetish.