Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
COOLTDGE'S FIRST MONTH in
OFFICE TOLD OF BY HASKIN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11:-Lay-
ing aside considerations of partisan
ship Washington may be said gen.
orally to have passed a favorable
verdict on Calvin C~oolidge's first
month as President of the United
States. 1t is recognized that he came
into office in especially trying cir
cumstances and while there was no
disposition in any quarter to be ex-
tremely critical, none the less he
was watched closely for the thing
that would make or break him,
and while he met with sympathy
and cooperation on every hand it
was decidedly up to him to earn
the verdict that has been recorded.
First of all it is conceded that
there is no doubt about his being a
real President. He has sought ad-
] vice freely, and has listened even
when and where he has not asked
for counsel, but his decisions have
been his W and there has been no
hesitancy in his manner of making
them. Clearness of vision and quiet
forcefulness are the characteristics
displayed by him which have been
most commented upon, and at the
same time he has given the impress
sion hat as chief executive he has
reserve powers that will carry him
through almost any emergency or
crisis.
Through 1t all he has conducted
himself with dignity and genuine
modesty. Manifestly he is not a
man of gestures" as that much
abused word is used nowadays. To
put 1t more ~colloquially, there Is no
grandstanding about him.
Perhaps there is no better illustN-
ton of the n of man he IS,
and of the kind of folks" the Cool
idges are, than is to be found in the
fact that it "a a full month from
the day of his accession to the
Presidency before his two sons came
to Washington. When the moment
u event for the Coolidges occur
red-and nothing more momentous
could eve happen to any family
one of the boys was in a summer
training camp and the other was
working as a day laborer in a Mass
achusetts tobacco field, but their
fathers sudden elevation to the most
important position in the world was
not permitted to make the slightest
difference in their daily routine.
They stuck at what they were doing
until a holiday came that made it
convenient and natural that they
should come to Washington for a
brief visit with their parents.
in the case of Calvin, Jr., his
father had interested himself in
helping him to get his job in the
tobacco field. The assertion may be
venturcd JLat there are not many
lads Of fourteen who would elect to
spend their summer vacations at
hard work il it were not necessary
for them to do 50, and that there are
even fewer who would continue at
sIch work after they could call The
White House their home.
The comment is frequently heard
in Washington that boys who are
reared as the Coolidge youngsters
are being reared will make good
American citizens and that the man
who handles his boys in that man.
ner in this day and age is at once a
wise father and a good citizen.
Recognized Mexico
The most noteworthy incident OF
the first thirty days of the Coolidge
administration probably was the
recognition of Mexico and the re-
sumption of normal diplomatic re-
~latlons with the sister republic on
the south. The Mexican problem
has been more or less acute and al
ways a troublesome one since very
early in Woodrow Wilson's first term
when we sent a fleet to Vera Cruz
and took armed possession OF tina
city, only to withdraw our forces
after accomplishing nothing more
than a demonstration or gesture
AT a later date we sen troops in.
to Mexico to capture Villa, but after
the notorious bandit had beer
rounded up 1t appeared that some.
one must have asked a question a,
to what we were going to do with
him once we had him and that nc
one knew the answer to the question
AT any rate the troops were hurried,
" recalled and Villa was left to pur.
sue his evil way until stopped by al
I~assasin's bullet a few weeks ago.
All this time there has been con
slant complaint about the manner
in which citizens of this country and
their property interests in Mexlct
have been treated, and there hai
cen much insistence that some sorf
of stable relations must be establish.
ed in u dealings across the Ri