Evening star., 1923-11-22
COOLIDGE FOR TAX
SLASH, SAYS B0RAH
Idaho. Senator Sees Presi-
dent Before Issuing State
ment on Proposal.

Senator Borah of Idaho conferred
with President Coolidge today regard
ing the tax cut proposal. and accord
ing to comment made by the senator
afterward, "the President is deeply
Interested in reducing taxes. 1hd'
was as much as the senator wisheo "
saw regarding the Presidents talk with
him today.
Senator Borah intimated that he took
up with the President certain features
contained in statement he mas pre-
pared dealing with the tax reductloh
subject and which he proposed TO make
public later.
Senator Ernst. republican, OF Ken
lucky also saw the President TO-DAY ana
discussed tax reduction. The senator
said empha tically that the people OF
the country want tax reduction, they
deserve it, and that he is strongly III
favor of it. He said he would support
any legislation that would hit the pU
bte was unalterably opposed to SOL
dierS' bonus.
Gets Massachusetts Data.
Representative Robson of Ken
lucky, who accompanied the senator
TO the White House. would not COM
INIT nlmSel1 regarding ldA IeuuClioH
or bonus.
The President today was given some
definite idea of what the party work
erS in his home state are doing IN
formal opening of the 1924 campaign
by Frank Foss, republican state
chairman of Massachusetts. He told
the President that the party was
making great strides IN organlzatioh
work and the methods adopted to IN
crease the registration or voters,
especially among women, are meeting
with success.
Foss was able to give the President
encouraging data. He assured the
President that republicans of the
state are solidly behind him and that
the people, irrespective or party, are
eager for some form of tax reduction.
Delegates Mentioned.
He discussed also with the Presi-
dent the matter of electing delegates
from Massachusetts to the next re-
publican convention, saying that the
leaders were of the opinion that
among those to be thus honored
should be Senator Lodge, Secretary
of War Weeks, Speaker Gillett, Will
liam n. Butler, republican national
committeeman, and some women OF
prominence.
William II. Miller, former rspub
lican state chairman of Ohio and still
active in party politics in that state,
while discussing Ohio politics with
the President today said that the
party orEaniZa tion there was in Spier
did shape and the prevailing senti-
1nent was strong for the President
Tor 1924. This sentiment, he said. has
been intensified by the feeling in
ohio that President Coolidge has kept
faith with Harding policies.
Miller Sees President.
Col Thomas w. Miller, alien prop
erty custodian, took up with the
President important iscues affecting
the future policy Of his department.
+. w. StrauS, New York flnancier,
who recently returned from Europe,
where he made an extensive study of
economic conditions, in a conference
with the President said that, while
he did not believe the United States
could escape eventual moral reSpon-
sihilities as Il world stabilizer he
did not believe the present a pro-
nttious time to participate in the Eu
ropean situation. owing to widely va
ried points of view existing among
the different countries.
AIR. Straus expressed himself as being
much impressed with the Presidents
deep Interest in current business de-
velopment and with his comprehensive
understanding. of the business outlook
AS Il recognized authority on conditions
in the building industry he gave the
President an optimistic report on the
building situation in the nation today
Others who saw the President today
were Louis Marshall of New York
Senators Dale Of Vermont and Spencer
OF Missouri, and Warren Olney of Cali
fornia.