Evening star., 1924-09-03
GLOWING REPORTS
CHEER COOLIDGE
Encouraging Messages on
Political Situation Received
at White House.

President Coolidge continued toda
to receive encouraging reports from
various sections of the country re-
garding the political situation and
congratulations upon his Labor day
speech defining his policies relating
to organized labor in this country.
The President made few engage
ments for the day because of his
desire to give his attention to an ac-
cumulation of routine business, and
in between times. to continue the
preparation of the speech he is to
deliver in Baltimore Saturday at the
exercises incident to the unveiline
or the statue in memory of Lafay-
cite.
Indiana Situation Outlined.
Indiana would go overwhelmingly
Republican il the election were helG
today, according to the opinion OF
Representative Purnall of that State
who has just returned from an inten.
slVe campaign trip and who was one
or President Coolidge's political call.
ers. He amplified his remarks by say
ing that in all his years in politics
ne mas never seen national ticket
so popular and that from the per
sonal survey made throughout In.
diana by him during the past montl
he has every reason to believe thai
the Coolidge sentiment is growing
stronger all the time.
Minnesota Outlook Held Good.
L. Bascom Slemp, secretary Il
PRESIDENT Coolidge, who is vice chair
man of the advisory committee o.
the Republican national committe.
and who personally is in touch witt
many members of Congress engaged
in the various States, has been re
ceiving reports recently which wouic
indicate that the Republican outlook
In Minnesota is growing brighter anc
that Representative Thomas G. Schal
of that State has Senator Magnus
johnson on the run. Mr.. Slemp says
the reports show clearly that the
party in Minnesota is united on ths
national ticket as never before, anc
that Senator Johnson's inconsistenc.
regarding the McNary-Haugen farm
bill in the last session of Congress
has hurt him, and it is asserted his
statement that if the presidential
election goes into the Senate he woulc
vote for Bryan will cost him hi:
seat in the Senate.
Former Representative Good Of
Iowa, who was in charge of the
Western headquarters for Coolidge
during the pre-convention campaign
was another who brought encourag'
ing campaign news to the White
House today. He expects the Re
publicans to carry the so-calleG
doubtful States, Oklahoma. Tennes-
see, Missouri and Kentucky.
President Receives Callers.
President Coolidge today infor.
mally received Jean Coundouritis
brother of the President Of Greece
and for many years d member o!
the legislative body of that country.
He was accompanied to the White
House by the charge d'affaires an6
Representative Watson of Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Coundouritis is making
tour of the United States in ar
unofficial capacity.
The President also received a dele.
cation representing the Universal Negro
Improvement Association, who present.
ed A petition containing more than one
million signatures asking for a friendly
and sympathetic consideration Of the
plan of founding nation in Africa fol
the colored people and to encourage
them in assisting to develop already
Independent negro nations as means
Of helping to solve the conflicting prob.
lem of race" The delegation was head
ed by G. Emonei Carter, secretary gen.
ti dl VI lIc
Benrer of Defense Day Pledge.
Col. Harley V. Speelman. register o.
the Treasury, past commander of tht
Sons of Veterans, brought to the Presi
dent today a set of resolutions adopted
by that patriotic body at its annual en-
campment in Boston, August IA, il
which it indorsed Defense day anc
pledged the organizations support
There is a possibility of Presiden
! Coolidge's attending the ceremonie
incident to the unveiling of the mon
ument erected to the memory o
Francis Asbury in the triangle a
Sixteenth street and Columbia road
October Is. A formal invitation wa:
extended to the President yesterda,
afternoon by Bishop Mcdowell of tn,
Methodist Episcopal Church of thi
| city.
Bishop Mcdowell said afterwars
| that he did not ask the President t,
speak on this occasion, but merely I,
be present.
| Asks Tribute to California.
d. B. Boley of San Francisco, Calf.
| who was one of President Coolidge:
late callers yesterday afternoon, sug
/ gested that it would be a fitting trib
ute to California, September 9, tn
date upon which that State was ad
| mitted into the Union in 1s49, if thu
States flag were flown on the Whit,
| House Flagstaff beneath the American
| flag.
Representative Frederick of Cali
| fornia, who has just returned from {
visit to Europe. called to pay hi
respects to the President and to Civ
him his impression of conditions upo1
| the continent and to assure him h
will from now until election day b.
1 busiiy engaged in campaigning fo
| the success of the Republican party