Evening star., 1924-09-02
COOLIDGE To SPEAK
WHEN NEED ARISES.
Plans No Stated Schedule,
But Will Give His Views as
Situations Develop.

President Coolidge plans to make
occasional speeches during the cam
palsn as various situations arise, but
after a conference today with VIII
liam NJ. Butler. chairman of the Re
publican national committee, II was
SAID the Executive had no detailed
campaign plans.
Mr.. Butler reported the political
OUTLOOK as 'encuLra-in2 nnu j., -
Mr.. Coolidge the committee desired
him to proceed in the campaign AS
you have been and as you see mt"
Expanding further the suggestion
in his speech of yesterday relative
to possible changes in the Railroad
Labor Board the President told his
admirers today he expected railroad
labor and management to work out
plan for modification of the present
board. He reiterated the belief the
board represented an advanced step
and had done considerable good, and
expressed the opinion that any diff
cultles in its operations would have
been cleared up through legislation,
except for the row in the Senate
last session over the chairmanship
of the interstate commerce commit
tee. resulting in the election of a
Democrat, Senator Smith of South
Carolina, as chairman.
heHeFeS SOoi10Ee VIII Win.
At the meeting with Mr.. Butler
this morning. the President received
a report from Senator Watson of
Indiana, who has been speaking in
the Western States. Mr.. Watson said
the Presidents election was assured,
but that there was grave doubt" as
to the outcome of the senatorial stu
alton and that a hard fight must be
made to retain the Republican Senate
majority.
There are fighting chances. how
ever, the Senator said to take seats
from the Democrats in Oklahoma and
Kentucky and to defeat the Farmer
Labor Senator from Minnesota. Mag
nus Johnson. Likewise, Mr.: Watson
felt the chances were even for the
election of Republican Senator'S lin
Colorado, West Virginia and Defa-
ware. in all of which States hard
contests are in prospect =T-.F
Labor Speech Hailed. s-g1is
President CooIidges address yestsr-
day to union labor men in the White
House. in which he outlined. his spol-
icies and those of his party toward
the American wage Garner. made
favorable impression throughout the
country, according to word received
today at the White House and the
Washington headquarters of the Re-
publican national committee GeSl
These messages were not comm ed
to any one section or to any class of
citizens. Although the speech WAS .di-
rected to working people and hadrto
do almost entirely with the la6of-npl-
icy of the administration, theS Mls-
sages indicate that it was well re-
ceived generally.
1t was said by one official at the
White House today that more than
one of these messages regarding the
effect of the labor speech. acclaimed
it to be the most convincing speech
the President has made since ffalhas
been in the White House. Many re-
ferred to the force of the Presidents
arguments, and the clear and simple
yet impressive. fashion in which .'he
told what the Republican adinjnisffa-
tion had done for labor and OF what
it intends to do in the future. Z
Those who discussed the speech
with the President today very read
lily noted his appreciation of the man
1t was plain to see also his .apprecia-
tion Of the tributes paid him and his
party by those members of the ISbor
delegation who spoke in advance 2of
him yesterday at the White. House
gathering. He was glad to hear from
these men that his position is 80 Well
understood and is appreciated, ard of
course he was most happy to hear the
pledges of support. While there was
no doubt in the Presidents mind and
the minds of many thousands of 9TH
ers he is known to feel confident that
yesterdays demonstration will go a
long way toward removing the belief
of some that labor union men can be
voted in body-that any one mann
or group of leaders can deliver the
labor vote.