The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
G. o. P. Congress To Back Him, Declared
 Essential
(By Associated Press.)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 10.- (By Associated Press. )-The repub- lican party was called upon today by Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, the temporary chairman of it's national convention, to rally about the leadership of Calvin Coolidge. .,, "The people-and all the people --have confidence in. Calvin Cool idge," Representative Burton de- clared in sounding the keynote of the convention. "In the great ar ray of rulers, kings and prime min isters, intrusted with power, there is none who can surpass him in honesty of purpose, in courage, or in high devotion to the welfare of his country"
 COOlidge-Not Congress
 Mir. Burton asserted that by far the greater share of our citizenship looks to President Coolidge rather than to Congress for leadership" and he urged the party to take it's stand with Mir. Coolidge on all of the controversial is- sues which have arisen between the executive and some members oe the re- publican majority in Congress.
 He recommended that the party de- clare for American adherence to the world court with merely the Harding Hughes reservations. He regretted that Congress refused to accede to Mir. Coolidges wishes in enacting the Jap anese exclusion provision of the inn migration bill. He declared the new tax law abounded in defects and should not be taken as the last word in tax revision. He dismissed enactment of the bonus bill over the Presidents veto with the assertion that ''condi- tions created by it must be met and it's provisions must be willingly ac- cepted."
 Much of the blame visited upon re- publicans in the session of Congress just ended, he told the convention, how ever, lis not deserved because on many major questions their party has not commanded a majority in either branch"
 Points With Pride
 Enumerating the achievements of the republican party in it's stewardship of national affairs in the past four years. he paid high tribute to the memory of President Harding, told of the accom- plishments under his leadership, and pronounced this benediction:
 Rest, Wearied Spirit, rest in peace. secure in the lasting remembrance which belongs to the immortals."
 Varied and numerous were the ac- complishmentS cited by Mir. Burton, ranging from the achievements of the arms conference and American unof ficial participation in the work of the separations experts committee through the field of domestic activities resulting from legislation and executive under takings. He pronounced it a recorG on which the party proudly could take it's stand, confident that when the ballots are cast in November in num- bers like the falling leaves of autumn this nation will elect Calvin Coolidge with a republican Congress and again crown our efforts with victory, thereby assuring yet more splendid future of progress and peace"
 Turning to the future, the conven- tion chairman declared economy in public expenditures and reduction of taxes to be of the utmost importance and that ''an active campaign of educa- tion must be conducted similar to that in the free-silver contest of 1S96." Such campaign, he added, should en- deavor to dispel the persistent falla- cies" that the final burden of public levies rests upon those who first make payments to the tax collector and that excessive surtaxes are desirable and result in greater revenue.
 Advocates Conservation
 Pointing the way in domestic affairs still further; advocated an intelligent policy of conservation with mo hun dred-year francises" nor any grant of resources needed by the nation for it's future protection declared for sane reg ulation rather than government control of public utilities, and expressed the hope that there be left to the individ- ual the greatest field of activity in their proper sphere.
 Declaring 'our foreign relations are assuming an importance never known before" Mir. Burton declared members of the republican party were "by no means lacking in interest in what is happening in the rest of the world nor are we unwilling to cooperate in the
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