Evening star., 1923-09-15
|COOL|DGES ON TRIP
DOWN RIVER TODAY
Two Sons Accompany Presi.
dent and Wife on Short
MayfIoWer Cruise.

President and Mrs. Coolidge. ac-
several guests, this afternoon will
take a trip on the Presidents yacht
Mayfiower down the Potomac river.
The Presidential party will return
tonight
Frank w. Stearns of Boston. close
personal friend of the President, is
a house guest at the White House.
Among those who called at the
White House to see the President
today were Sir Campbell Stuart of
the London Times. Representative L.
c. Dyer of Missouri. father of the
anti-lynching bill; G. w. Wilder, an
alumnus of Amherst. the Presidents
alma mater, and Clarence j. owens,
president of the Southern Commercial
Congress.
Discuss Missouri Politics.
Mr.. Dyer said he called at the White
House primarily to pay his respects
to the President, He said, however,
there had been some discussion or
Missouri politics. He is preparing
three briefs on legislative matters
which he will present to the Presi.
dent later yone dealing with proposed
anti-lynching law, another with
Chinese trade and third with the
modification of the Volstead act so as
to permit the manufacture and sale
of 2.75 per cent beer. Mr.. Dyer will
be candidate to succeed himself at
the next election.
Mr.. Dyer while in Washington is
making arrangements for a visit of
Lloyd George to Missouri.
Clarence j. Owens, president of the
Southern Commercial Congress, invit-
ed the President. in the name of the
governor of Virginia, to attend the
international centennial celebration of
| the Monroe Doctrine which is to take
place in Richmond December "a. The
late President Harding, Mr. Owens
said, had tentatively accepted such an
Invitation, and President Coolidge had
taken the matter under adyisement.
May Attend Cathedral Rites.
President Coolidge has taken under
consideration an Invitation to par
ticipate in the exercises to be held at
the Washington Cathedral. September
| 30. incident to the conservation of
the new bishop. The invitation was
| extended personally, late yesterday
Bishop Freeman The President made
| ii plain, however. IL he attends he
viii not make an address.
President Coolidge has no intention
| lation which will give the Chief Ex-
ecutive authority to use the armed
| forces OF the nation 10 assIs. IN the
enforcement of the prohibition law.
Making known the Presidents po-
sition. following the adverse opinion
| OF Attorney General Daugherty re-
garding, the use of the ships of the
Navy in breaking up rum-running off
| the coast, spokesman for the Presi-
dent explained that the Executive not
only questioned the wisdom of addi-
tional legislation Of this nature, but
does not think the burden of govern
mental police work should be put on
| the Army and Navy.
He regards il a conceivable that
a time might come when II would
| be desirable to use naval craft to
iprcvent smuggling, but such use of
war vessels should be resortel to
with a great deal OF hesitation.
| Enforcement of police regulations
lthe President believes, should be
lshouldered by the regularly consti-
ftuted state and federal authorities.
| 1t was pointed out that it is only
rarely that a state calls on it's Ma
| tional Guard to perform police func-
\ tionS and that ii should be seldom
that the federal government used it's
armed forces for such work.