New Britain herald., 1925-09-10
COOLIDGE TRAIN ARRIVES AT CAPITAL
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fall and winter, while Mrs. Coolidge inspected Improvements made by painters. plasterers and interior decorators during the eleven weeks the White House has been tenant less.
 President Coolidge was ready to plunge into the tasks of his office immediately. Upon arrival In Wash ington tomorrow the president will open his office with a cabinet meet ing.
 While no special problem caused termination of the summer resi- dence at White Court, MT. Coolidge is anxious to take up several mat ters personally with his advisers.
 He wants the government pre- pared to distribute coal if the sus- pense of activities in the anthracite fields should result eventually in hardships to consumers. He wants to confer with Secretary Kellogg on the appointment of an ambassad or to Tokio to succeed the late Edgar Bancroft.
 MT. Coolidge also Is going to fol- low through with Director Lord of the budget the final preparations of the budget estimates, a tentative schedule of which he already has approved. These and other questions dealing with the administrators legislative program for the next session of congress have ben closely watched by the executive during his residence on the north shore but he is ready now to act In some in- stances.
 Representative Longworth of Ohio who will be speaker of the next house and who was republican floor leader last session, informed the president during conference yesterday that early action could be expected on the tax reduction bill. He predicted approval of this meas ure by the house before the Christ mas holidays and final action by congress before March Is when first payments of the next year are due. Mir. and Mrs. Coolidge boarded their special train in Salem about II o'clock, an hour later the special was on It's way. Both were up early this morning.
 Senator Butler, of Massachusetts, who dined with the president and Mrs. Coolidge last night. at the home of Mir. and Mrs. W. Stearns, friends and neighbors, accompanied them on their train. John Coolidge went from White Court last night by motor to Northampton, Mass, to visit his grandmother, Mrs. Elmira Goodhue, before returning to Am herst college for his sophomore year.
 At Salem the president stopped before boarding the train to chat | for a moment with W. w. Lufkin. collector of the port at Boston whose term expired recently. An appoint ment for the post has not been an- nounced. The president and Mrs, Coolidge received on their car Mir. and Mrs. Glenn Kennedy, of Swamp scott.
 The busiest man of the presi- dential party yesterday was Dr. James F. Couple, the presidents s physician, who was administering to many members of the party who had caught colds as result of the sud- den change in weather.
 Washington, Sept 10 R-At to- morrow's cabinet meeting President Coolidge will be given the latest data on the anthracite situation. Secretary Davis, returning to the labor department today after long absence, called in his subordinates, who have been watching the effects of the present suspension of work in anthracite fields, and was given much information on which to base his report to the president.
 There was no indication of gov ernment move to end the suspension, but officials are interested in pro viding substitutes for anthracite In case of shortage. Reports on bi- luminous production are being watched,