Evening star., 1923-08-09
DAUGHERTY RESIGNATION
AMONG LOOMING EVENTS

With the departure of the funeral
train bearing President Harding $
body yesterday afternoon the new
administration assumed forthwith the
heavy responsibilities and manifold
duties of the government--to be halt
ed, however, tomorrow. the national
day of mourning.
Events are expected to move swift
ly in the next few days. One cabinet
soon Attorney General Daugherty
had long conference with President
Coolidge yesterday afternoon. The
death of President Harding bears
more heavily on Mr.. Daugherty than
on any other man In the public life
of the country. They were intimate
personal and political friends for
years. He was the Harding pre-con-
Ventlon manager in 1920 and his an
polntment as Attorney General In the
cabinet was more widely criticized I
the time and since than any appoint-
ment OF great importance the late
President made during the two wears
OF his administration.
II is believed that Mr.. Daugherty
mas asked to be relieved on account
OF ms health and that his resignation
Is not perfunctory--in other words.
that Mr. Daugherty is serious in his
purpose TO get out of the cabinet
In appearance. he seems broken In
health: he certainly is bowed with
srlet and broken in spirit
Resignation Expected Soon.
President Coolidge told the news
paper correspondents the first Tim.
nc met them that matters would
St"nu as tney are until after the
lnterment Of President Harding. II
,I m"uin not De surprising if the an
n"uhctment that the resignation of
Mr. baugherty had been accented
would come in the very near future
ioaay. within week of the time
GAVIN Coolidge took the oath of Of
ne special report is received from
uiGlhR congress TO give to the Presi-
oeht increased authority and power
mines.
The commission recommends that
the President be advised of the fail
ure or mlne operators and miners to
get together on any point in contro-
Versy. and that he shall thereupon
appoint person or persons to in
quire into the reasons for the failure
ana TO make public report.
Inc threatened coal strike in the
anthracite fields and the prospect M
another coal famine this winter is
Ek.Iy 10 be the matter of the great :
est puhlic concern which the neu,
president Will be compelled to meet
as soon as he returns from Ohin af,er
the burial of the late President Hard. .
ing
me coal situation was specifica lly
brought TO the attention Of President
IooIldse ny two of his callers yester-
DAY afternoon, former Senator Will
nam Calder of New York and Renre-
sentative Allen T. Treadway of Mas
SachuSettS.
Urged Special Session.
1t VIII be recalled that Mr.. Tread
way Wlthln few weeks wrote to the
late President Harding, urging that
ii Special session of Congress be
called imme ediately, following the re-
turn Of the presidential party from
the Alaskan trip, for the purpose of
considering legislation to insure the
operation Of the mines. Western
massachusetts, cities and towns-and
that part of the state is President
ooolidsts home country-suffered
very severely in consequence of the
coal shortage last winter. Mr. Tread
way was then very active in behalf
ot the various communities in his
dlstrlct. He made n survey of condi-
tions and collected a large amount OF
information relative to the made :
quacy or the coal supply and cases of
community and individual distress on
account Of the scarcity of fuel.
me MASSACHUSETTS representative
is very apprehersive that the coal
famine of a year ago will recur If
there is a strike. There IS n very
general understanding that President
CooHdge is at present not in favor
ol Gazing Congress in special session