The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-14

is safe and sane, as men with money
understand those terms. Big bust
ness is against adjusted cOmpensa-
ton, and Mr.. Coolidge has turned
against it, This affords Mr.. Butler a
powerful talking point.
Understand me, do not mean to
insinuate anything improper about
Mr.. Buffers support Of the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Coolidge Mr.. Coolidge
has a perfect right to run for presi-
dent and Mr. Butler has perfect
right to support him and get others
to support him. l know how adj
verse the Legion is to discussing pO-
litical matters. We are nom
political organization, and we try to
avoid even the appearance Of evil in
that regard. But l have set out to
tell you the truth about the adjusted
compensation fight, and the whole
truth about it, and l find I cannot
do that without bringing in infer
entially these political angles. I'm
fortunately politics and political
proper things in Themselves
playing role which cannot be over
looked in the settlement of this
Pul ely CCOlOlhiO anu MN POAAeASoA ~
sue Of justice to the veterans Of the
World War. So Mr. Butler, by rea-
son of all this, has become a real
factor in our situation.
Mr.. Mellon, in addition to being
the secretary of the treasury and the
presidents advisor on government
fiscal matters, also is deeply inter-
ested in REORGANIZATION politics at
present. Furthermore, he is the adj
ministration' sword swinger in the
open fight against adjusted compen-
sation. Mr.. Melons business saga
city has won for him high place in
the select counsels of the big in
dustrial groups whose support is now
being solicited in the interest Of
more than one candidate for the
presidency. But Mr.. Mellon is loyal
to his chief He is working with
Mr. Butler. And as far as compen-
sation is concerned Mr.. Mellon Is the
agent Of administration who goes
into the arena to give and take the
blows of the strife. He performed
the same service for Mr.. Harding.
The story is around Washington,
and it has been published, that the
price of Mr.. Melons decision to re-
main in the Coolidge cabinet was
that there should be no interference
with his designs against the adjusted
compensation bill. 1t will be re-
called that shortly after Mr.. Coolidge
took office the report was widely
published that Mr.. Mellon was
thinking of retiring from public
life. 1t may also be recalled that
when Mr.. Coolidge became president
there was an impression that his at
titude toward adjusted compensation
had not changed since, as governor
of Massachusetts,, he signed an adj
justed compensation bill for the re-
lief of the veterans of that state.
We have, also, Representative
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, who is
the administration agent in the
lower House of Congress. Mr.. Long
worth has been in congress great
while. He knows the ms and outs.
He is a fast worker. He has been
the flood of forced pro-
paganda which has been raining
down on the senators and congress-
men, and which the opposition news
papers have attempted to construe
as an indication Of public sentiment
against adjusted compensation. Due
to the clever manipulations of Mr..
the adjusted compensa-
ton bill has been tied up In the
House Ways and Means Committee
until February IL, while the Mellon
tax bill is considered in the mean
lime. 1t took the full force Of the
administrators power to bring
about this delay. 1t kept Mr.. Long
worth working night and day to do
{. AS an incident in the contest, !.
his delay is favorable to the oppo-
,ition; it will, however, have little
bearing on the final outcome.
The propaganda, the flood of let
ers and kilograms to members of
congress-, which Mr.. Longworth has
employed to attain the ends his adj
associates desired, did
lot descend upon Washington as the !