Evening star., 1927-09-14

President Coolidge played to a ca
pacity audience at his first postvaca-
ton White House seance with the
newspaper men yesterday and dis
coursed upon nearly every subject un-
der the sun except that which they
wanted him to talk about. He did
not choose, in other words. to am
plify, clarity or justify his 1928 pro-
nouncement. The President slid
gracefully into the routine Of dealing
with the Washington correspondents.
He expressed pleasure at facing their
interrogatory music once again and
sent them away with a shear or
copy" though it contained no gleam
or glimmer of a notion as to his po-
litical future. AS Mr.. Coolidge's ST.
lence on the subject becomes chronic,
there'll be a steadily growing number
Of people who'll opine he's said all
there is to say. The thought that 1t
impugns the Presidents good faith to
credit him with willingness to be
drafted" is taking even deeper roots
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Rob Roy, Mrs. Coolidge's white
collie. gave an amazing exhibition OF
his Joy at coming home when the
presidential party reached the White
House from the West. The dog rode
up from the the station in the eX'
ecutive limousine with his august
mistress. He seemed to sniff that he
was back in Washington, stuck his
head out of the window of the car,
reveled in the bright lights of Penn
Nd f1A
House grounds were approached,
could hardly be restrained from jump
ing out in sheer gladness that the end
of the long Journey was in sight. No
sooner had the automobile drawn up
ut the Executive Mansion than Rob
Roy leaped onto the porch at bound,
scampered on the dead run through
the big front door, detoured to his
well known lounging room on the right.
looked it over, raced up the grand
staircase, and then came down In
time to welcome the President and
Mrs. Coolidge at the threshold. His
beaming eyes and wagging tail were
mute evidence that Rob Roy was glad
to be home again.
The Federal Reserve Boards set-to
with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi
cago brings it into conflict with some
of the business giants Of the Windy
City. The governor of the Chicago in
stitution is James M. McDougal, a
native Illinoisan, who has been at It's
head since the banks opening In 1914.
He was once a national bank ex-
aminer. The directors of the Chicago
Federal Reserve include George M
Reynolds, president Of the Contlnental
and Commercial National BANK, the
Vests biggest financial establishment,
and James Simpson, native scotsman,
now head of the great firm or Marsnaii
Field & Co. William A. Heath, VINO
began life as bank messenger In H.
linois. Is chairman Of the board. The
concern, which has challenged the
control Of the central Federal Reserve
xuthority in Washington. has the vast
area Of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and
parts Of Michigan and Wisconsin as
It's bailiwick. One Of the directors is
Charles II. MacNider Of Mason CITY,
Iowa, father of the Assistant Secre'
tary of War.
One Of the little ironies of the sit
uation created by John d. Rockefeller.
RS, gift Of a $2,000,000 library to the
League of Nations is the fact that
young American woman, Miss Florence
Wilson, recently lost her job as League
librarian. She was required to give
way as a result of Germany's demand
for several official places in the League
sun, and the librarians post Is among
those allotted to the new Berlin mem
Der. Miss Wilson is now at the head
of the American Library in Paris,
which was formed from the volumi'
nous collection of books and records
taken to the peace conference In 1918
by the American mission. Miss Wilson
was IN charge OF them, The acting