New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-23
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UNDERGONE Change
Coolidge Not What Country Ex-
pected After Becoming President
BIZ GEORGE H. MANNING

rwashinston Bureau of New Britain Herald
washington, D. c., Aug. 23,-Th
most striking fact about Presiden
Calvin Coolidge's first three weeks o
administration has been the manne
in which he has failed in almost ever
respect to bear out the thousand
and thousands of words which wer
published about him in every corne
of the land when he was suddenl.
called to the White House.
In all the mass of characte
sketches and personal descriptions o
the new president which appeared II
the days Immediately following thu
death of his predecessor, the index tt
the man was given as silence. The
portrait was that of veritabl'
Sphinx-spaking seldom, and ther
only in monosyllables; smiling rarely
and never heartily; cold and aloot
in manner, totally lacking in any
human warmth in his personal con.
facts.
That legend has been abandoned
True. President Coolidge cannot be
called verbose; he does not waste
words; but when he has anything to
say, he says it, clearly. convincingly.
straightforwardly, with no need for
prompting. In his first formal meet
ing with the Washington newspaper
correspondents he gave a universally
favorable impression. Under the con-
certed gaze of a hundred pairs of
ewes. critically searching every ex-
preston. every movement. he showed
not the slightest sign of nervousness.
He took IN one by one the ouesions
which had been submitted 70 him
and death With them .tnn,v froeI,,
More than once his eves twjnkled as
no uttered sono. .brewd w,tt,.isr,. az
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narted in a re.I s,,;le--ond t,a natt
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,,. oaScom oiemp, OF
as his secretary. winch
say wnAt one Win as TO the personal
.nes u Mr. Sie1np and his friends
.or 1ne poAtion, Is generally admitted
I've peen one OF the shrewdest
vuHsSal moves winch mas peen made
Ao sNera administrations.
cnons were by no means
scaseo hnat mr.. Coolidge would merely
hi sne poslioh as Chlet Executive
1op-sap, ana would be quietly
moved 10 retire into OBLIVION at the
Gnu OF MS Term.
But NOT sven the most prejudiced
ooserver can now heip admitting
lnae Mr. Coohoge looms as the most
pioihinent inquire on the political nor
iAoh ol tue next rev years.
Anu as Tor oelng merely routine
Ioiiowlng In the we'll
worn paths made by former presi-
uehts'-ih the nrst three weeks of his
PRESIDENT Coolidge has
uone sne unprecedented thing of call
,ns Oh Two OUT OF the three regular
" scheouled cabinet meetings giving
40 reason Lhat tnere was nothing of
importance TO be discussed
9 warrant a meeting OF the cabinet.
~ nat SHOCK TO the Vlcarlous poll
Iicians Oh tne country store stoves.
was SAID, nnaliy, that President
Coohoge Wouid soon snow himself to
DE q rock-rooed conservative, and
~oaio De maze the target Tor vicious
onSfausnts by all the progressive ele-
menus OF the party
so Iar' no one mas been able to |
point 10 anything the president has
zone OF SAID or implied which makes |
!. possible 10 set MIN down definitely |
anu nnaiiy as either conservative
OF radical. he mas announced his
ncenlion 70 carry out the Harding I
policies, SO no supporters OF the old |
can nave any quarrel |
Win NM out ne mas lett himself
reo rem IN mouilylng those policies
. inset changing conoitions, and TO
iae1 mas not Deen iorced 10 commit
himself on any matter In such way
70 70 give opening lot ATTACKS by the
rosfesSlses. further' the genera
'cciaihi winch mas greeted the give
i'm cnance atttuoe mas ponnd
ne nanos OF MS "ouid-pe critics by
'usIns any uhto"ard CRITICISM OF