Evening star., 1925-07-05
PLAN MEMORIAL
TO |. A. COOLIDGE
100000 Fund Is Sought to
Carry on Work of SentineIs
! of Republic.

The Louis A. Coolidge National
Memorial Fund was organized yes
terday as a tribute to the memory Of
the late president of Sentinels of the
Republic. who died in Milton, Mass,
May 81, and 10 carry on the work
of the Sentinels in attempting to
preserve the fundamental principles
of the Federal Constitution.
Branches of Sentinels of the Re
public have been stablished in
all the States. The purposes of the
organization are:
To maintain the fundamental prin
ciples of the American Constitution.
To oppose further Federal en-
croa chment upon the reserved rights
Of the States.
To stop the growth of Socialism.
To prevent concentration of power
In Washington through the multiple
cation of administrative bureaus un-
der perverted Interpretation of the
general welfare clause.
To help preserve free republican
form of government in the United
States.
Prominent Men Leaders.
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. pres
ident of Columbia University. New
York. is chairman of the national
committee OF the memorial fund.
Other members of the national COM
mittee are John w. Weeks. Secretary
of War: Howard Elliott, chairman of
the board of directors of the North
ern Pacific Railway; Maj. Gen. J. G..
Harbord, former chief of the Army
general staff; Mrs. James w. Wads
worth. jr.. wife of the Senator from
~, III .
Maryland. Charles +. Brooker of
Ansonia, Conn: Rev. George Gordon
of Boston. Walter II. Wilson. David
w. Mulvane. Republican national
committeeman for Kansas, and
James NJ. Burch of Iowa The effort
will be TO raise $1,000
The late Mr.. Coolidge devoted him
self energetically to the objects of
Sentinels of the Republic. In the con-
test for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator in 'MaSsa-
chusetts last year, he was the only
candidate who opposed the Federal
child labor amendment and generally
he placed himself on record as
against measures tending to extend
the power of the Federal authority
over the States. Shortly before his
death he gave up all business con-
nections in order to further the pur-
poses OF SentlnelS of the Republic.
For years he was Washington cor
respondent of newspapers. served as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
under President Roosevelt, who was
his close friend, and wrote a number
of books, notable among which was
the life of L. S. Grant in the Amer
lean Statesmen Series.
Under Mr.. Coolidge's direction
Sentinels of the Republic took a chief
part in the defeat of the child la Dor
amendment, and to the organiZation's
activities is attributed the refusal of
number of States to accept the
system of Federal cooperation un-
der the provisions of the Sheppard
Towner maternity act. This organi-
cation has indorsed also the resolu-
tion offered in Congress by Senator
James w. Wadswcrth, jr, and Repre-
sentative John n. Garner proposing
constitutional amendment proyid-
ing that in ratifying amendments
the members of at least one house
In each of the Legislatures, which
may ratify, shall be elected after
such amendments have been pro-
posed; that any State may require
that ratification by its Legislature be
subject to confirmation by popular
vote, and that until three -fourths of
the States have ratified or more than
one-fourth of the States have re-
1ected or defeated a proposed amend
ment. any State may change its
vote"