Evening star., 1923-10-03

sofa, leading farmer-laborite. called
today upon President Coolidge and
discussed with him the situation of
the wheat farmers in the northwest.
1.-The President made very nice
impression on me-" was the COM
ment of the senator as he left the
White House executive Office after
spending fifteen minutes with the
Chief Executive. He said that he be-
lieved the President was anxious TO
be of assistance to the farmers.
DO you think the President Is a
'progressive'?" Senator Johnson was
asked. He recently said that II
the republicans and democrats nom
mated standpatterns the farmer-ia
Dor party should put a presidential
candidate in the field next year.
Laughs mt Question.
Senator Johnson merely laughed.
The Minnesota senator said that he
had taken NJ with the President a plan
for helping the farmers, but what the
plan was he did not announce.
The arrival of Senator Johnson at
the White House created stir.
An army of newspaper correspond
ents and camera men was on hand TO
greet him. He smilingly submitted to
being photographed scores OF times,
! posing by himself, with his interview
ers and with Secretary Wallace of the
| Department of Agriculture:
| Speaks Softly Today.
/ Advertised as the loudest speaker
| in the west and with voice that
| would rattle the rafters of the Senate
/ chamber. Senator Johnson spoke in
! q low voice today. His accent is dis
| tinctly Scandinavian. He is short
and chunky. He. was dressed in a
i conservative blue business suit with
! black felt hat and black tie. and wore
! spectacles.
The new senator gave the impress
i sion of being a forceful personality.
/ The shape of his face and a small
! reddish muStache made him look
! strangely like the late Col. Theodore
| Roosevelt.
Senator Johnson left the White
House to go to the Department of
Agriculture with Secretary Wallace
/ to talk still more about the farmers
! problems.
/ Arrival Is Quiet.
| Senator johnson came to Washing
! ton yesterday 10 confer with Presi-
dent Coolidge and to familiarize him
self with what are to be his future
| surroundings on Capitol HILL" Ac-
| companied by George d. Brewer of
/ Minneapolis, a political adviser. he
slipped quietly into town just before
noon, coming from New York and
! Philadelphia. Boarding a street car.
| he went to the National Hotel, on
! Pennsylvania avenue, which in days
gone by was meeting place of SEN
| ators and representatives.
Having settled himself there. the
! senator set out in search of. Mime
apolis and St Paul newspapers. APP
parently unrec0gnlZed he walked
| briskly along Pennsylvania avenue
for several eve @ blocks %s to 5saI1 neWsWagaa 5E ae
] had a bite to eat at small reStau-
rant nearby before seeking his office
| In the Senate office building.
Attendant Is Excited.
| Confronted there by a maze of cor
ridors, Senator Johnson inquired of a
negro attendant as to the location OF
/ Room 1875.
| why that's Senator Magnus john
sons room exclaimed the attendant.
Yes, 1 am Senator Johnson" was
! the reply.
Beaming with pride. the negro in
troduced the senator to attaches sta
! toned nearby, and then escorted him
J to his office-two rooms on the ground
| floor facing Delaware avenue, which
! formerly were occupied by Senator
Willis. republican, Ohio. There the
|. senator found a crowd of newspaper
! correspondents. who had besieged his
! office for several hours.
| After a chat with the correspond
tents Senator Johnson and his assist
ant secretary, Mrs. Josephine p.
| Lotus of Minneapolis set out for the
Capitol building, but outside photog-
raphers barred the way. The senator
posed for number of Snapshots"
and accepted the invitation of one OF
! the cameramen to accompany him up
town to have studio photograph
made.
! Talks With Copeland.
+; AS the senator settled himself in the
photographers battered 'fiivver" Sem
ator Copeland. democrat. New York,
| introduced himself and the two SEN
! ators chatted for several minutes. A
stop was made at the main entrance
| ing the long flights of stone steps to
| the second floor to obtain his pay
| check from the Senate disbursing Off
GER Attendants directed him on his
way out of the building.
g. Returning to his office half an hour
later, Mr. Johnson found another bat
| terry of cameramen. for whom he
posed at his big mahogany desk. A
! fresh group of newspaper men also
gathered. and with these the senator
; talked for half an hour before receiv-
! ing several friends. At night he had
| supper with former Representative
| John NJ Baer of North Dakota.
| Senator Johnson said the length of
| his visit at the White House probably
; the agricultural situation with the
President. He declared, however.
| that he would devote his time to the
! interests of the farmers while serv-
! ling in Washington, and that the re-
publican party would be put on record
! in the next Congress on the PROPOSE