Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13

tive Smell, chairman of the rules COM
mittee. in whose congressional dis.
trict the Presidents camp is located.
The President was represented as
having personally invited these two
friends to drop in on him occasionally
this Summer. 1t is understood that no
political Significance Is to be attached
to these visits. They are to be locked
upon as purely friendly and neighbor.
ly calls.
There was an inkling at the Presi-
dents Office today that he may take
more than curbstone interest in the
congressional campaigns now open
ing throughout the country.
The President In this respect was
represented as realizing that much
was being expected Of him in the
campaign, and that much was being
written about the subject. He under
stood that what was being written
In this connection was purely of spec
ulative nature, and had to do only
with surmises and not facts. How
ever. his spokesman said for him that
at the present time he has no plans
| for participation in the campaign. He
discussed the subject no further,
other than to say that he hoped the
reading public would understand that
| the reports about his part in the con-
gressional campaign were only sur
misses.
May Be Making Plans.
However. the fact that the spokes-
| man stated that the President had
| no plans was interpreted by some of
| those within his hearing that he was
undoubtedly formulating some. and
that before the campaign reaches
| the home.stretch stage he Will do
l something helpful for at least those
of his party who are facing real diff
Guilty TO II fome back tos either the
Senate Or the, House. ta.ya1 st n
President Coolidge expects that the
International Joint board of engineers
| making final survey of the pro-
| jected Saint Lawrence seaway will
submit its report sometime this Fall,
although there is nothing definite
at this time as to the completion OF
| the work now under way
While In this vicinity. which is not
| far removed from the site of some of
the dams and power stations that
would be constructed under the st.
Lawrence waterway plan, President
/ Coolidge nevertheless has no inten-
/ ton of going into the field to inspect
the river or locations. He believes.
his spokesman said today, that 1t
| would be much more profitable to sit
down with plans and maps and en-
/ gineers reports and study them,
rather than to attempt any kind of
original survey on his own account.
i Washington officials, in close study
with the survey for some time, have
been alarmed over the prospect OF
4 not getting an international agree.
ment in the near future on account
OF the parliamentary difficulties In
| Canada, where the Meighen govern
4 ment succeeded that of w. l.
Mackenzie King and. in turn, col
lapsed.
Outcome Is Doubtful.
| The whole problem now, in all
probab ility, again will become one OF
the issues in the forthcoming Don1in
lon elections. What the result will
be is so indefinite now that even
those in possession OF the best In
formation hesitate to speculate upon
the possibilities.
The American Government still Il
prepared to go forward with the mat
ter, subject to the approval Of Con
gress, OF course, according to offlcial
Iintimations here; and the Commerce
Department has compiled elaborate
economic studies which 1t is ready
/ to release simultaneously with the
report of the engineers, which ha.
been delayed in difference to the Cana
\ dian WiShes