Evening star., 1926-09-17

Pertaining to aircraft and seacraft. it
can and is ready to go as far as any
other of the big powers.
lie favorS such steps for the effect
he believes they would have upon
peace. the fear and suspicion they
would allay and also for the conse-
quenceS that at once would become
apparent in reduced national budgets.
Great armaments and low-taX rates,
the President believes, are two elc
ments that don't mix.
The President has taken steps to
put the government of the District
of Columbis. upon more efficient
footing, having appointed new
Commissioner in the place of on"
whose resignation he requested. and
has advised against erecting Govern
ment buildings in the Mall. lie sees
small hope for enactment of the re
organization plan which is close To
his heart, having been advised that
Congress is little inclined to adopt
it for reasons which probably are
sufficient unto itself.
Some day, however. the scheme
may be forced through just as the
budget plan was. 1t promises amnost
as much benefit in Il pubic way
He reappointed II. II. Classic. Mary
land Democrat, a temporary member
of the Tariff Commission, irrespectivc
of the opposition of Senator Bruce.
Democrat, of that state. Upon his
return to Washington, Mr.. Coolidge
Will consider appointment of a sue
ceSsor to Huston Thompson of Colo
RADIO as member of the Federal Trade
Commission. Thompson, who labor
ed with the La Toilette forces i'm
1924, has only a short time more to
serve and knows that his days are
numbered, politically speaking.
Silent on Slush Funds.
Mr.. Coolidge has become that
mysterious. silent man when at
tempts have been made to draw him
out on the slush fund revelations in
Pennsylvania and Illinois. Though
ne has directed that expenditures in
connection with the congressional
and senatorial campaigns under con-
troll of the national committee must
be within reason, the rules that ap-
piled in 1924. which kept the party
Tree from scandal again are in effect
one of the important revelations
has been the growing disposition of
President Coolidge to take into his
own hands affairs of the State De
partment. He is the final arbiter in
every important matter. believing that
questions of foreign policy affect not
only the American people but the
administration much more closely
than some domestic matters. He ap-
proved the PlattSburg speech of See
retary Kellogg and personally handled
much of the situation resulting from
the knights of Columbus resolutions
on Mexico. He also made known the
administration view on the World
court. arms conferences and League
of Nations developments.
In spite of the fact that he clearly
mas made his views known on an -.
the foregoing subjects, and many
more of lesser Importance, he has dc
livered no speech since leaving Wash
ington.
But he is becoming quite a Traveller.
and were it not for the formality that
necessarily surrounds his trips ne
would go oftener. He has been at the
Veterans Hospital at Tupper Lake.
at the American Legion Recuperation
Camp nearby. to the Citizens Military
Training Camp at Plattsburg, PLY.
mouth, VT; the Rockefeller preserves,
Malone, Saranac Lake, the Ausable
River and Alder River. Lake Placid,
Two Fox Farms, Ludlow, Proctors-
Vile and Woodstock. Vt; listened to
the music of a barn dance from his
front porch. has seen the movies n
couple of times a week at White Pine
Camp, and. when other topics Jagged
discussed such subjects as covered
bridges and the reasons therefor.