Evening star., 1925-11-06
COOLIDGE TO. START
WORK ON MESSAGE
Foreign Relations to Be
Treated at Length-Build-
/! ing Program Favored.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Coolidge expects to start
early next week upon the actual writ
ing of his annual message to be sub
mitted to Congress when 1t conVeneS
next month. He has been busy sew.
eral weeks collecting data on subjects
which he purposes TO discuss IN this
important paper, and in comforting
with congressional political leaders,
but the actual composition OF his mes
sage he has put off until he knew ex-
actly what subjects will be treated by
him and just how he would treat his
discussion of them.
The President is understood to be
aiming to cover wide variety of sub
jects in his forthcoming paper. 1t is
also known to be his intention to be
more brief II possible in his treatment
of his many topics. 1t being his opinion
that his messages and some of his
NOR recent speeches, after having
read tner.. over, have been tride too
long.
Foreign Relations Lead.
While 1t has always been the policy
of President Coolidge not to discuss
publicly what he proposes to discuss
in messages he sends to Congress, as
sociates OF the President intimated to-
day that the President will devote a
little more space to the question or
foreign relations than heretofore. 1t
is known, however, that the President
considers domestic problems OF para
mount Importance. At the same time
he has lost none Of his ardor for Amer
lean adherence to the World Court
or for the calling of another arms
conference in Washington, ana be
cause Of these interests, 1t 1s thought
to be more than likely that the Presl-
dent will treat the foreign relation
subjects in his message in nbera4
manner.
Among the more important domes-
tic problems to be included. it Is ex.
pected, are those regarding the coal
strike, the fiscal condition OF the coun-
try. consolidation of railways, i'm
provement Of transportation racill.
ties. immigration. reor rganization and
the public buildings bill. The Presi-
dent has insisted In the past upon
enactment OF legislation that would
authorize a s50,000,000 public build
ing program for the District OF Co
lumbia to cover a period of five years,
but he has intimated recently that he
is inclined to approve a general pub
lie building bill if certain features so
common in the past are eliminated.
May Compromise on Buildings.
During more than one occasion in
the past six months the President has
expre ssed himself to the effect that
he doubts very much If the admins
tration could obtain the enactment or
a public buildings bill xclusively for
the District. and that the only way 70
obtain the necessary buildings Tor the
Capital would be TO make provision
for them in the general bill.
Moreover, the President believes
that It Is time for Congress to give
some attention to the matter of pro-
viding better and more adequate
housing for the Government actlVi-
ties throughout the country, especial.
ly so since there has been no public
buildings bill for more than 10 years
The President also is expected to
discuss at some length the so-called
Shipping Board controversy and to
make recommendations looking to the
Improvement of administrative condf'
tions in connection with the Shipping
Board and the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. It is thought by some that
the President will phrase these rec
concentrations in such manner as ia
give the impression that it might be
advisable if the Shipping Board were
shorn of considerable Of its present
powers, if not abolished entirely.
May Finish Next Week.
When the President once gets down
TO actually writing a message or
speech, it does not take him long to
complete the task In as much as he
devotes unusual care and consider
able time to It's preliminary prepara-
ton.
1t is thought, therefore, Mr.. Cool
idge will have completed his paper
by the end of next week.
In the meantime, the President
must prepare the address which he
is scheduled to make at the annual
banquet of the New York Chamber
of Commerce in New York City No
vember 10.