Evening star., 1925-08-13
COOLIDGE POLICY
NOW CRURCH|LL'S
Chancellor of EXChequer
Finds Economy Plan
Is Popular.
BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONDON.-WinSton Churchill, TAX
Ing his cue from the Coolidge econ
Dmy policy. has the greatest opportu-
nifty of any minister in the BALDWIN
cabinet to score a huge popular sue
cess and 10 advance his career well
along the road toward a future pre-
miership for himself.
One who was in Washington during
the Dawes budget work period, and
also during Coolidges relentless pres
sure for governmental economies, has
more sympathy for Mr.. Churchill
than some Englishmen have-and de-
cidedly more understanding of the
probable results.
The clash with the admiralty over
the naval building program gave Mr.
Churchill the measure of the opposi-
ton the policy will arouse. 1t seems
10 have dismayed him temporarily, tor
in a speech he complained of the for
midable odds he faced and all but
despaired OF doing much more than
preventing an increase in expends
lures But the next day or so devel
oped a surprising vitality in his posi-
ton and a compromise was reached
that represented pruning OF the ma
val estimates, and no threatened res
ignations from the cabinet took place
Lesson From Coolidge.
If Mr.. Churchill can learn the les
son from President Coolidges expe
rience, that the only way in which he
can err in prosecuting his new econ
omy policy is being too timid about
enforcing II, he will win the triumph
predicted at the outset OF this dis
patch. The press here was fearful
that a cabinet resignation over the
economy program would greatly dam
age, If not undermine, the Baldwin
ministry. AS a matter of fact, any
such resignation would enormously
enhance the prestige of the Baldwin
regime
1t is perfectly plain that. in the
United states, where unexampled
prosperity prevails and where taxation
is lighter than in Britain. the economy
policy has been the ten-strike of the
Coolidge administration. Imagine,
then, the popular support that 4 real
cut in government expenses will
arouse in England. where trade de
preston is critical and where taxation
is not only eXcruciatingly heaby but
a large factor in that trade depression.
Hence, not only Mr.. Churchill, the
minister Immediately concerned with
the budget, but the premier himself,
Mr.. Baldwin, needs to go much
further than to observe the outward
good effects of the Coolidge policy:
they should take their courage in
hand, as did President Coolidge. and
hew furiously 10 the line. let the
resignation chips fall where they may.
Naval Cuts Cause Stir.
Pruning naval expenditures, of
course. touched a sensitive spot in
England, where traditional fetish has
been naval supremacy, vet even here
the tempest Calmed down when the
sponsors Of new construction ran up
against the budding popular demand
for economy There are other spots
not so sensitive. but. in the experiences
of Mr.. Dawes and President Coolidge
will prove to be equally obstinate op-
ponents of reductions, namely, the
petty bureaucracy in the various de-
partments.
The similarity of the outcry from
these personages here is so much like
the wall that arose in Washington
from the bureau and department
chiefs as to make an American laugh.
Only, in England, where changes are
made slowly in any direction, and
with reluctance, the resistance in time
may wiring from Mr.. Churchill's ''ps
a far stronger eXpletive than Hell
and maria
A tourist in England runs upon
many high-salaried positions of an
honorary nature. usually given to
some distinguished soldier, statesman