Evening star., 1926-09-17
COOLIDGE BELIEVED
NEARLY CONVINCED
HE MUST RUN AGAIN
President Says Nothing, But
Is Aware of Favorable Feel
ing Toward Him.
WILL RETURN TOMORROW
BENEFITED BY VACATION
Keynote of Fall Campaign Given
to Nation in Prosperity" Inter
views With Callers.
BY J. RUSSELL Y0U Nc,
S1an Cnrresnnnlent of The STIR

IN y. SSFBI4bI 1Jt Nv,
staff Correspondent of The star.
WHITE PINE CAMP. y. T.. Sep,
tember 11.-PreSident Coolidge is to-
day winding up his Summer vacation
in the Adirondack Mountains and to-
morrow night he will he back at the
White House, not only satisfied that
his vacation was "A great success, but
apparently convinced that he must be
his party's candidate for President in
1928
Mr.. Coolidge has not yet said any
thing to suggest that he has made up
his mind in this respect, or even that
he is considering it. At the same time.
from the reports he is receiving from
all over the country and from the inn
preSsionS of numerous callers at the
Presidents camp this Summer he
cannot help but he fully aware of the
feeling toward him and another term.
Also it is understood that he is in
clined to believe that Alfred A. Smith,
Governor of New York, now looms up
as the possible Democratic candidate.
During the ten and one half weeks
the President and Mrs. Coolidge have
been at White Pine Camp the Presi-
dent has had not only happy and
beneficial time fishing and tramping
in the open. but he has received more
than half hundred important callers
and has given his attention to all
manner of governmental. financial
and economic questions
Influence On Policies.
lie has attended to the routine of
his office and has laid the foundation
not alone of the 1926 senatorial and
congressional election campaigns now
in progress, but to considerable eX-
tent of the national campaign two
years hence. In other words, he has
this Summer done much in the way
Of building and strengthening Re
publican fences in advance of the 1928
campaign.
Although the President has been
deeply interested in political activi
ties throughout the country and has
been keeping his eye on developments
in those States where close contests
are expected. he has personally kept
a "ha nds-Of attitude and has given
little outward evidence of his desire
to have certain candidates in particu-
lar of the party to win, policy he
will surely pursue to the very end of
this campaign. However, he has not
hesitated to show his interest in bust
ness and agricultural topics and to
do some effective press-a -agenting in
this respect. a policy that is looked
upon as being as wise it is secure.
At least the President has seen to
1t this Summer that the Republican
slogan ne has decided On--proSperity
has been impressed upon the minds
Of the public. He has seen to 1t that
the people have been impressed with
the claim that the Republican admin
istration is mainly responsible for the
present happy state of affairs. 1 ms
form of publicity and education has
been the Presidents effective but
modest contribution To the congreS-
sional campaign now getting warmed
up.
Makes Hobby of Fishing.
But to those who have been with the
President on this vacation the out
standing feature of his more than 10
weeks in the mountains has been MS
learning how to play ana the tact that
after all these years he has developed
q real hobby-fiShing. AS result OF
his plav and his outdoor life he will
return to Washington in better physi-
cal trim than at any time since ne
has been President. His exercise IN
the omen has made II possible Tor nm
to work harder up here than he does
back in Washington, and. II Tor no
other reason. his vacation in the Adj
rondacks can be described as com
plete success.
The Presidents spokesman at the
seni-weekly press conferences. which
Mr.. Coolidge finds useful and helpful
to all concerned and will continue In
spite of criticism. has made known
the Executives views on many dl-
verse subjects and announced policles
to be followed with reference TO others
that quite clearly indicate the line OF
official action on many SUBJECTS loi
some time 10 come.
The scope of the Presidents actlVl-
ties this Summer perhaps best is sug.
eested bv the number and variety OF
his callers A practically complete list,
without attempt at classification by
Importance or interest, follows:
Other Notable Callers.
Former Representative Homer +.
SNYDER OF Little Falls. l.. j. Iaber'
national master of the grange; W. |.
Drummond. head of the American
Farm Congress; Senator Arthur Nap-
nor of Kansas, Senator Simeon II.
Tass of Ohio. julius Rosenwald, head
of Sears. RoehuCk & Co: Owen ID.
Young 4. ]. Brosseau. head of Mack
Trucks. Inc: Edsel Ford. Harvey :.
Firestone and Charles P. Barrett:
president of the Farmers National
Union.
Secretaries Jardine Of the Agri-
culture Department. Kellogg of the
Commerce Department. Kellogg of the
State Department. Davis OF the war
department. Wilbur of the Navy
and Attorney General Sargent, SUI
preme Court Justice Samuel j. Har-
ris of Buffalo. Director Lord OF the
Budget Bureau. Senators Ernst OF
Kentucky and Cameron of Arizona,
Bishop Charles II. Brent of Buffalo
and r. T. Charlton, vice president OF
the r. W. Woolworth Co.
Republican National Committeeman
w. +. Jackson of Maryland. w. r.
Whiting. Holyoke paper manufactur-
er: Chairman Martin B. Madden OF
the House appropriations committee,
Will H. Hays of the movie industry,
Senator James W. Wadsworth. jr.:
Sam S. Koenig. Republican leader of
New York County: Representative
Bertrand II. Smell. chairman of the
House rules committee; Matthew C..
Brush, president of the American In
ternational Corporation: Adolph S.
Ochs, publisher, and Howard Elliott,
railroad executive.
James A. F'laherty, supreme knight
of the Knights of Columbus, and 9th
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