Evening star., 1924-11-08
HOLIDAY ON NOV. L
FOR j. S. WORKERS,
IS AIM OF COOLIDGE
Has Right to Cut Day of Sal
aried, But Per Diem En-
pIoyes Give Problem.
PARTY LEADERS OPPOSE
EXTRA CONGRESS SESSION
Believe Tax Question Should Not
Be Brought Up Now-May
Punish La Toilette.

If President Coolidge can do so. and
at the same time keep within the law,
he is going to give the Federal en-
ployes holiday November IL.
According to an act of Congress. the
| President is without authority TO de-
clare national holiday, but he has
| the power to issue an executive order
defining what shall constitute a days
| work for the employees of the exs.,I-
| tive departments, and it VIII be
/ through the means of the latter tLa-
the employees in WASHINGTON x1ll be
| permitted to leave their work ON next
Tuesday to participate in the cers-
monies being arranged for the ok-
! servance of Armistice day
| To make sure that no one would
lose his or her pay because of taking
| advantage of such an order on the
part of the President, the latter has
obtained a ruling from Controller
| General McCarl After giving more
! study to this ruling, which was pre-
sented to him shortly before noon to-
/ day by Controller McCarl, the Presi-
dent will announce his intentions re-
! garding the so-called holiday for the
| clerks.
! The difficulty regarding such an
executive order arises from the fact
! that if such an order would include
per diem and per piece employees of
! the Government, it was intimated by
Mr.. McCarl that it is doubtful wheth-
| er or not the order can be made to
| include this class of workers with
/ the others.
Sail on MayIOwer.
President and Mrs. Coolidge and a
party of friends will take cruise on
: I, "a ;o1
afternoon, but it has not been deter
E1nined whether or not they will spend
! the week end or return to the White
! House tonight.
Among those who will be with the
| President and Mrs. Coolidge are Mr..
and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns of Boston,
who have been house guests at the
White House since Tuesday night;
Mrs. w. Giese and Mrs. Francis Pres
colt and Foster Stearns, the two
daughters and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Stearns, and Robert L. Giese, a
grandson.
Among the features of entertain
| ment to be offered during the cruise
| will be the showing of motion picture
| reels which will include the pictures
| taken for The Evening Star depict
| ing the traffic jams on the streets iof
| Washington, one of which shows the
President caught in jam while try
! ing to cross at 14th and C streets,
other pictures showing the President
and Mrs Coolidge casting their votes,
which were mailed to their home in
! Massachusetts, and the President
poring over messages of cangratu
! lations the morning following the
election.
Today is Mr.. Stearns' birthday and
| the trip is planned in his honor.
Confers With Lenders.
President Coolidge devoted almost
| the entire morning TO conferences
with Republican congressional and
party leaders. Each of the latter
seemed to be anxious to be the first
to tell the Executive all about the
vote in his respective State and just
| what bearing it had on the general
result. Also, each of these callers
| wanted to get the Presidents view
point regarding the plan of procedure
for Congress when it meets next
month for the short session.
These callers were unanimous in
their opposition to the calling of an
extra session after March 4, as has
been suggested, but several were in
clined to think that the President
might attempt to get the present
Congress to consider tax reduction
very shortly after it meets in Decem-
ber. This is thought likely also by
more than one intimate of the Presi-
dent, but all were unable to gather
whether or not the President has any
comprehensive plan for an early con-
sideration of a further reduction of
taxes.
Considers Farm Problems.
President Coolidge, however, has
indicated that, while he is anxious
for a still greater cut in the tax
burden on the people, he does ques-
tion, at this time, the advisability
of reopening the whole question of
taxation at the short session, es-
pecially so when it is recalled that
the present Congress is known to be
not entirely in sympathy with the
Administration general ideas to to this
legislation. Nevertheless, those who
are close to him feel certain that
he will make some suggestions re-
garding this allimportant subject at
T. this short session.
The President has let it be known
to his callers of the past two days
that he will seek some form of farm
legislation during the short session.
The nature of this legislation, how
ever, will depend almost entirely
upon the findings and recommenda-
tions of the fact finding agricultural
commission he appointed last night.
which will report to him within the
next four or five weeks.
Urges Evans for Cabinet.
! Senator Smoot of Utah, who was
one of the party leaders who con-
ferred with the President today, said
that after talking legislative matters
with the Executive he presented the
name of Frank Evans of Salt Lake
City, Utah. for consideration in the
iselection of a successor to the late
Henry c. Wallace as Secretary of
IAgriculture.
| Mr.. Evans is a member of the ma
tional executive committee of the
American Farm Bureau and is chief
counsel of the Utah State Farm Bu-
reau.
Sees Future for Roosevelt.
| Senator'S Wadsworth of New York
and Watson of Indiana, among those
who conferred with the President to-
day, made it plain that they do not
favor the calling of an extra session.
They doubted very much If anything
more than the general supply bills
will ba considered during the short
session. Each of these Senators dis
cussed the general result of the cleo
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