Evening star., 1925-08-29
COOLIDGE IS SEEN
WITH CLEAR FIELD
Hints of 1928 Race Are Seen
in Presidents Moves
in Summer.
BY Consolidated Presa.

By Consolidated Press.
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. August %
As the Summer vacation" of Presi
dent Coolidge draws To a close. II may
he pertinent to sum up what the
Chief Executive has accomplished.
First. he has had good rest and
his health IL benefited by the cha nge
Of air.
Second. he has kept in touch with
the work of Government departments
In general sort OF way. without bur
denins himself too heavily. Foreign
anatrs and the debt negotia tons have
been uppermost among the problems
considered, but even in this Mr. Cool
idse has depended upon and has fol
lowed the recommendations of his
cabinet officers
Third, he has played his political
cards with caution and prudence
the last may prove In the end to
have been the most important of all
For Mr.. Coolidge likes politics. He
has lived and bresthed its atmosphere
most OF his mature years.
Publicity" Is Good.
Getting away from Washington to 4
place where his every move is re.
ported was In the first place what the
experts call good publicity" Then
came the occasional conference with
admirers who reported constantly on
the Presidents political strength
Finally after Summer OF careful at.
tention IN Massachusetts State poll.
tics, In which the fate Of Senator
William NJ. Butler. candidate To sue
ceed himself next year hangs In the
balance, the Presidents own sanction
Is given TO the publication OF a letter
wherein there IL a direct reference TO
the possibility that he will he a candi.
date in 1928 .N
Early in the Summer the visit of
David Mulvane. Republica national
committeeman from Kansas. who hold.
~ proclaimed the President as n can
didste for a third term did not occa.
sion any frowns or denials from White
Court. The public did not appear to
resent the suggestion. and as each
caller arrived and added his testimony
on the Presidents political popula ritv
the impression grew that there was no
harm in letting II be known Mr.. Cooi-
ldGe was well aware of what was 60
ing on and was not hostile 70 the idea
or trying 10 get a third term
Every President gets letters urging
MN 10 be candidate for q second or
fhird term. az the ase may he. The
man who wrote hoping he would get
another chance 70 vote for Mr.. Cool.
ldge was one or number who have
suggested the anne idea before. but
until the executive Offices made public
the Presidents reply no attention had
been given to such communica tions.
Mr.. Coolidge. TO be sure. ignored the
reference TO his own political future
which left 1t all Just enough in the
dark to accomplish the purpose behind
it all.
Tactics Are Soupd
Mr.. Coolidge doesn't shout his
thoughts on politics from the house
top. A hint Ia all that can be ELECTED
from him on occasion. His hint con.
tained In the making public of the
e1cnange OF letters in question was
typical. Ii was intended 10 convey
several IDEAS. First, the politicians
VINO might want this QUESTION settled
az so early date will find food for
thought in II. Second. those who are
thinking Of grooming other candj-
dates are thus to be DISCOURAGED
Third. and perhaps most logical Of All.
Mr. Coolfdses hold on Congress. es-
pecially his own party. Is to he
strengthened by the knowledge that
ne Is not to step out Of the leadership
of his party in 1928 and allow all the
factions and individuaIists to begin
messing UP the situation in Congress-
IN the next two or three years Presf
nentiaI campaigns start at least two
and sometimes three years in advan nee
or an election. Mr.. Coolidge's friends
think he Is sure to be renominsted
II ne wants 10 be. His letter made
pubic the other day shows he has no
opJections to nomina ton for another
term.
So the field is clear. And tn. whole
Summer may he put down as
prohtable adventure in presidentiaI
pohtics. In which nv. Coolidge has
played his cards well and with such
erect that he will have greater in.
nuence In the next Congress than
before. which means also that n. is
preparing to go to the country in the
congressional campaign a wear hence
as the sole issue. n
tCopyrisht. 1925,