Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-08

Various implicati lions and rumOrs
are unleashed by the surprise an
nouncement from the White House
that Amba asa dor Houghton. from
London and Minister Gibson. from
Bern are coming home for confer
ence. The official version is that the
President and Secretary KELLOGG want
To- discuss with them the preliminary
disarmament conference Of the League
of Nations and the general European
situation. That acceptation Of the
return OF Messrs. Houghton and Glib
son indicates two thinss-lifSt. that
President Coolidge unmlStakablN
thinks the league conference is a
sure enough proposition teNentualiN.
If not now. and. secondly. that
lIoughton and Gibson will ne our
chief delegates. The American Am
ba Ssa dor to Great Britain is undonbt
| edlv better posted on current ms and
outs Of Old World diplomacy than
anv man at the administration dis
posal Gibson. being stationed in
Switzerla nd. Is the man on the
ground" and obviously designated for
| the vast routine with which statesmen
| like TO envelop international confer
| ences.
| has been touted as the next Secretary
| Of state. IL and when Frank &. kel-
| loes relinauishes the portfolio he now
| adorns. When Mr.. Kellogg was
ma med 10 succeed Mr.. Hughes, the
| appointment forthwith was labeled q
! ..slop gan" But the former senator
| from Minnesota, now with lull year
! in the premiership to his credit. mas
not comported himself like tempo,
rarv incumbent at all. He has had
! complete leeway at the state depart
ment. Kellogg decisions on para
! mount issues like policy and dlplo-
! matte appointments have. VntuaiH
| without exception, preValled. SoNle,
| recognition and the karolyl case
tvnify kellogg policies steadily back
Oh at the White House. In the per
sonnet realm, more than one dlplo-
matte aspirant. who enjoyed strong
srnnort outside Of the State Depart
ment-sometimes even White House
| .,nIll''-feN by the wayside beca use
=! Secretary Kellogg demurred. Inc
| Ninnesotan lays up now ana then
| for rest and repairs. but there's no
| raal indication that he thinks OF
RESIGNATION. Mr.. Kellogg. who has
heen tiehting the grip off and on dur
inc The Winter. has left washington
! for a week at Pinehurst. ne thihhS :
. few DAYS of golf will fix him up.
Al the state Department the kelloga
| retirement rumor Is declared to he
| without a shred Or shadow Of founda'
| ton.
/ Here's new Coolidge story, when
, has the somewhat unusual merit OF
brine true. Way back in 1881. wheh
| the future President was reading law
| at Northampton in the office OF an
| attorney named Hammond. the coun'
~ coroner stormed in and excitedlN
| donna nded to see Lawyer Hammond.
| That prominent parsonage was not IN.
Must see him at once" fumed the in
| uuest officer. Mans been found dead
! inst over the county line. but he lived
| in Northampton, and I've got to know
whether I can take possession of the
bodv"' Young Calvin Coolidge kept
his nose buried in the Massachusetts
revised statutes he happened to be
reading. and quietly remarked that he
| didn't know where Mr.. Hammond
| was or when he'd be back. The coro-
ner's excitement and impatience
| mounted. Coolidge continued his read
| ing; then. without looking up from his
book, drawled uncOncernediy, You
may move the body
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