Evening star., 1925-11-29
PRESIDENT EAGER
.: TO KEEP HARMONY
Wants to Avoid All Party
DiScord in Coming Ses-
: sion of Congress.
Bl j. RUSSELL YOUNG

Bl j. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Coolidge is known to be
especially anxious to see harmony and
unity within the ranks of his party in
Congress during the coming session
and has endeaYored TO impress upon
Republican leaders who have con
ferred with him recently the impor-
lance of avoiding political blunders.
The President realizes that much
depends upon the record of the Re
publiCans during this session if the
Senate and House are to be kept
within their partY'S control after the
elections next November. Aside from
his party pride and faith, the Presi-
dent has no desire to go through the
last two years of his present term
without a ma jOrity in both the Sen
ate and House. To lose one or the
other would be embarrassing enough
but to lose both would he disastrous
as climax TO his administration.
The President has held numerous
conferences with individual Senators
and Representatives during the past
month or so, during which he is under
stood to always have brought up TINS
subject in one way or another. lie
has given every assurance 70 the CON
greSSional leaders that they need have
no fear of any harmful aggreSSlNeneSS
on the part of the White House IN
the matter of handling legislation.
lie has made known the wants or ms
administration as to the more lmpor-
tant legislation and at present he mas
every assurance from leaders or DolIl
houses of Congress that his program
Will be passed without any great ullli-
Guilty. There are some prominent
members of his party in the Senate
American adherence to the W oLlu ,
Court will have easy sailing in the
Senate.
World Court Issue.
The President is particularly de-
sirous to have the Senate adopt the
World Court resolution. He is con-
WINGED that entering the Permanent
Court of international Justice would
render most effectual aid to mankind
throughout the world. However, ne
IS Well aware that there are a number
Cf Republican Senators who want very
positive assurance that our entrance
into this court Will be absolutely
divorced from the League OF Nations
before they will support 1t. IhoSe
who have discussed this feature of
the subject with him have gone away
with the impression that he will be
agreeable to having the resolution
vorded so as TO meet practically any
and all objections. He has no IN
tention of using any of the so-caled
"big- g-stick" methods to push this legls.
lation through the Senate. First or all
he Is very conscious Of the fact that
the World Court subject IS technically
a question exclusively for the senate
TO determine; secondly, he has been
advised that there IS considerable op-
what opponents of the court are de-
Scribing as our backdoor entrance into
the entanglements of the League OF
Nations, and as anxious as he is
personally for American adherence,
and as eager as he is to have his
partys pledge in two national cam
paignS fulfilled, he has not tAe Slight
est intention of making of 1iS a ma
tional political issue.
The President will conced much,
not only respecting the World Court
protocol, but all the other major sub
iects on the administration legis-
lat4ve program, tax revision included.
rather than invoke party discord.
Has Exacted Promise.
At the same time Mr. Coolidge.
while making his own position clear
10 his party's congressional leaders,
is understood to have eXacted from
them some manner of promise TO do
their part in maintaining party unity
and political advantage.
The latter has manifested itself al
ready in the intimatio1S from those
in control of the Senate and the
House that they are going easy in
fneting out punishment TO the so
called radicals who deserted the party
yT,y,E ION
and who have since voted against the
partys legislative programs. Presi-
dent Coolidge from the very first
mention of ru~ hlessness in dealing
with these so-called rebels is known
70 have questioned the wisdom of
such course. He has advised
against such tactics. He saw in them
the possibility of a political blunder
and his reasoning is now bearing
fruit.
Punishment of Insurgents.
Following several conferences the
President has recently had with
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. who
House, and John @. Tilson Of Con-
necticut, who succeeds the former as
ma jority leader, the Republicans who
are to steer their party's course in
the coming Congress have within the
past few days let it be known that
punishment of the party deserters
will be held in allegiance for while
at least The punishment. was first
10 have been dealt out in the making
ut committee assignments. Other
methods would follow. But the lead
ership has informed the President
that the House is not going to make
+he committee assignments until
some time after Congress starts. The
deserters are TO be watched to see
how they perform during the discus
sion of the tax revision legislation
and the legislation to follow before
the question of punishment is taken
up.
Senator Butler of Massachusetts al
ready has entered upon a campaign
within the party to bring about har-
1nony and unity. There is no doubt
in any ones mind about who prompted
this move.
Will Have Political Flavor.
With the next elections in mind the
President is known to be conscious
that the coming session will have con-