The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
Social Attitude Taken With
 .lnsurgent Leaders And Their Wives By President And His
 Wife Disarms His Critics
CYNICAL MUTTER ABOUT POWER OF SOCIAL LOBBY
Observers Think That He h.
 tends To Let Congress Take
 Care Of Their Affairs While . He Bosses Penn. Ave End
By RAYMOND CHAPTER Ueased Wire to The Age-TIcrs

(LeaSed Wire to The Age-Hcrald.)
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Insurgent republican senators and congressman who came to Washington ready .o leap upon President Coolidge with hob-nailed boots, have been somewhat taken aback by the way in which the White House latch-key has been hung out for them.
 In all of the recent White House gatherinfgs, and the Saturday after noon cruises of the Mayflower down the Potomac, the President and Mrs. Coolidge have included some Of the insurgent republicans in their guest list.
 On last weeks cruise, the President had among his guests Representative Dickinson of Iowa, farm bloc leader. who Is opposing the Mellon surtaxes, and Senator Frazier of North Dakota, non-partisan leaguer and member of the LaFollette bloc. At a dinner for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler this week. Senator Capper of Kansas. leader of the Senate farm bloc, and Senator LAdd of North Dakota, non- partisan league representative. were k bring together the conservative head of Columbia university and Ladd. aa extreme progressive, at the White House dinner table, caused consider able comment here.
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 Mrs. Coolidge Ia Diplomatic.
 Mrs. Coolidge likewise welcomes the insurgents into her social circle. | At aNfecent luncheon sh6snad AlnDElgl 1aff Frazier and of Senator R. B. Howell of Nebraska. insurgent republican. The wife of Senator Mayfield of Texas, whose seat is now In question, was also a guest at this luncheon.
 Some of the more cynical ralse their eyc-b brows and mutter something about the social lobby when they read such White House guest lists.
 Its the old game" they say. '1n- vite them in. pat them on the back, and they'll never vote against you
 However, the facts do not support these unkind insinuations.
 Assuming that there were ultericr purposes behind the entertainment noticeable change of front on their part. Only this week the insurgents voted in democratic chairman for the interstate commerce committee. This was made possible by tne votes of men, who had been social guests days.
 Not F1attering Congress.
 Furthermore, instead of showing tendency to cajole and flatter Con- gress into doing his bidding, Coolidge has taken especial pains to make clear that he intends to run his end of Pennsylvania avenue and trusts that Congress, in it's own wisdom, will handle it's problems on Capital Hill without interference from the White House.
 When the opposition to the Mellon surtaX schedules began to voice itself in Congress, Coolidge made known that he opposed any tampertng with the Mellon rates, out at the sane time he declared he would bring no pres sure upon Congress, but would trust to the good judgment of the mem bers themselves.
 Those democratic senators and con3 gressmen who smarted under the White House lash when they opposed policies of Woodrow Wilson, look with envy upon the easy time the re- publican insurgents are having In their relations with the White House. When a democratic senator or con gressman spoke against Wilson OIli, H6 Wdb u6nOuHCcO ltcH lHc White House, or his patronage was cut off. or possibly he was denounced by Wilson when he came up for re- election.
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 Not Like Wilson.
 To this day democratic senators are paying the price for crossing Wilson on the League of Nations. Wilson recently wrote a stinging letter &C., cusingt Senator Shields of Tennessee of being the least trustworthy of his professed supporters. Previously he had written conden-natory letter against Senator James A. Reed of Missouri.
 But under Coolidge, a speech or vote against the adminjstration seems to, mean White House invitation, these n-artyred democrats say. It may seem that way, but the fact is that Coolidge believes the hospitality of the White House should extend to all, democrats and republicans. radi- calls and conservatives. He regards . dinner cr'Feception invitation mere ly as part of the social amenities of life at Washington. and not as petty brtbes to be distributed for politica: purposes. .s+i