Evening star., 1927-11-20
POLITICIANS STUDY
PRESIDENTS STAND
Speculation on Meaning of
Choose" Statement Re-
Vived as Primaries Near.

/ BY the Associated Press.
| AS the time approaches for the open.
/ ing of the primary elections cam
paigns, the signs point TO a division
| into three groups which presume to
interpret President Coolidges Black
! Hills statement that he does not
| choose to run for reelection next year.
! All of the groups contend that Mr..
, Coolidge meant that he desires to
| leave the White House on March 4.
| 1929. but at that point agreement ends
and speculation begins, in the alb.
sence of any authorized indications
from the President as to what he
thinks about the agitation which his
announcement has caused throughout
the country.
Three Schools of Thought.
The first group believes that while
Mr.. Coolidge's personal wish is TO re-
tire, he can and will be obliged to ac.
cept the nomination if it is rendered
him.
The second believes that he has
taken himself definitely out of the
race, and at the proper time will so
reveal his position.
any circumstances be a candidate next
year. but may, after a four-year rest,
accept the nomination in 1882 if there
is a demand for him then.
Meanwhile there seems to be no sim
gle topic which so much interests
White House callers, politicians and
the public. Virtually no man, whether
he is of important or unimportant sta
ton. is permitted to leave the White
House without subjecting himself to
efforts by newspaper men to draw him
out on the political situation which
has arisen from the Presidents state.
ment. Most of them decline to com
ment. at least for publication, and the
rest divide themselves into the three
groups mentioned.
Many Follow Fess.
Although Senator Fess of Ohio, an
administration stalwart has come TO
rensonify that element in the Repub-
! lican party which believes not only
| that Mr.. Coolidge has left the door
! open to accepting the nomination if
| it is rendered him. but also that he
will be drafted by the Republican
party. his following includes many
prominent members of Congress. the
most notable recent addition be-
/ )
chairman of the Republican congress
| sional campaign committee.
| Mr.. Wood contends that no Presi-
| dent in recent years has had such a
successful administration as Mr..
! Coolidge, that he is by far the strong
| est Republican in the country. and
that he will be compelled by the wish
| of the people to accept the nomina-
tion if he is selected at the next ma.
! tional convention.
View Held Strongly Expressed.
There is little doubt. however, that
! the President has spoken privately
to some of his callers regarding his
| wish to leave the White House.
/ Frequently he has told them that
, he thinks 10 years is a long time to
he President" and very sholt time
ago he is known TO have ampliiied
this more strongly, although his con.
fidant declined to have his name dis.
closed or even 10 report the exact ra.
ture of the converse ton.
Although the possibility Of the
President becoming a candidate in
1882 after fOur-year lapse has been
. suggested privately by a number Of
Afr. Coolidge's friends, this theory
was advanced prominently by j. Nor.
ton Howell. former Minister to Egypt.
who talked with the President about
his statement.
Mr.. Howell declared that in bis
opinion Mr.. Coolidge was definitely
out of the race for 1928, but said he
| saw mo reason why he should not be
available for 1882, especially since he
! is still a young man."