Evening star., 1926-02-09
President Responds at Once
After Resolution Is Passed
by 55-to-21 Vote, Reiterat-
ina Previous Stand.
THINKS FEDERAL ACTION
WOULD BE FRUITLESS
Chief Executive Regards Passage
of Measure as Sop to Backers to
Stop Obstruction of Tax Bill.
Other Observers See Decision
Forced by Public.
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Senate today requested Presi-
dent Coolidge to intervene in the an
thracite strike, but scarcely had the
result of the vote been announced
when a spokesman for the President
At the White House asserted that the
. President saw no reason for a
change in the attitude of the admin
istration regarding the coal strike.
BY d vote OF IS to 2l the Senate
adopted the Copeland resolution urg
ing that the President call the opera
tors and miners TO Washington for a
conference.
The int1mation at the White House
was that the Copeland resolution had
been permitted to go through in order
- prevent further delay on the tax
reduction bill. and that the admin
1stration had not yielded jot to the
daily demands of Senator Copeland
of New York. and other Democrats,
that the President intervene.
Another construction, however.
was placed on the vote in the Senate
today In some quarters at the Capitol.
The pressure. II was declared. had
cC-NiiiO too SNioIlS W pciil lilt Seii-
ate further to decline to permit a
vote on the Copeland resolution.
Text of Resolution.
The Copeland resolution adopted to-
day is as follows:
Resolved, That the President be re-
auested to invite to the White House
AT such time as he thinks best the
committee of operators and miners, in
order that he may urge upon them
the national importance Of an imme-
dite settlement Of the anthracite coal
strike"
Before adopting the resolution. an
amendment offered by Senator Reed
of Pennsylvania. Republican, was
adopted. inserting the provision "at
such time as he thinks best"
Senator Copeland, author of the
resolution, said he had no objection,
and the resolution was adopted in that
form
The roll call follows:
Senators voting for the Copeland
resolutions:
Republicans - Bingham, Connecti-
cut; Brookhart. Iowa; Butler, Massa-
chusetts; Cameron, Arizona; Capper,
Kansas; Cummins, Iowa; Curtis, Kan
sas; Deneen, Illinois; Frazier, North
Dakota; Hale, Maine: Howell, Ne
hraska; Johnson, California; La Fol-
lette, wisconsin,; Lenroot, Wisconsin;
Mclean. Connecticut; Moses, New
hampshire; Ncrbeck, South Dakota;
Norris, Nebraska; Nye. North Dako-
ia; Oddie, Nevada; Pepper. Pennsyl-
yania; Reed, Pennsylvania: Robinson,
Indiana: Shortridge, California; Wei.
Ter, Maryiand: Willis, Ohio-26.
Vote of Democrats.
Democrats-Ashurst. Arizona; Bay
ard, Delaware; Blease. South Caro-
lima; Bratton, New Mexico; Brous-
sard, Louisiana; Bruce, Maryland;
Faraway. Arkansas; Copeland. New
York; Dill, Washington; Ferris,
Michigan; George, Georgia; Gerry,
Rhode Island; Harris, Georgia; Har-
Iison. Mississippi; Hefiin, Alabama;
kendrick, Wyoming; McKellar. Ten
nessee; Neely. West Virginia; Over
man, North Carolina; Ransdel1 Loui-
siana; Shepperd. Texas; Simmons.
North Carolina; Smith. South Caro-
lima: Stephens. Mississippi; Swanson,
Virginia. Trammci, Florida; Tyson,
Tennesse", and Walsh, Montana-2S.
r-Labcr-Shipstead, Minneso-
u /.
Total voting for the resolution, So.
Senator's voting against the reSolu-
. tion:
Republicans-Borah Idaho; Couz-
ems. Michigan; Dale, Vermont; Edge,
New Jersey; Ernst, Kentucky; Fess,
ohio; Gillett, Massachusetts; Goff,
West Nirginia; Jones, Washington;
Mckinley. Illinois; Metcalf Rhode Is
land; Phipps, Colorado; Pine, Okla
homa; Sackett. Kentucky; Smoot,
Utah; Wadsworth, New York; War
rem. Wyoming, and Williams, Mis-
Souri-l9.
Democrats-Glass, Virginia, and
King, Utah.
Total voting against the resolu-
ton. 21.
Called Up At Once.
The resolution was called up in the
Senate by Senator Copeland immedi
ately after the Senate met.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, one
of the representatives of the anthra-
cite State, who has hitherto objected
on every occasion when Senator Cope
land sought to bring his resolution to
Il vote, announced that he would no
longer oppose the resolution. provided
his amendment permitting the Presi-
dent to use his discretion as to when
he should call the operators and miners
: to Washington be adopted
1T seems pitiful that those people
suffering from the coal strike should
think that this resolution might effect
"a solution*of the controversy" said
Senator Reed. Il can't see any good
that will come from it. Heaven knows
the President knows what has been
going on and has been worrying about
it as much as we have! Last night, In
New York. L understand, at a mass
meeting, the operators spokesman
said they would be willing to abide by
any proposal the President made But
the miners spokesman, 1 understand,
said that the miners would not be
! bound.
This resolution just holds out false
hope I do not think that any of us
realize the extent of the suffering that
is going on in the anthracite region.
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