Evening star., 1927-02-27
APPROVAL OF VETO
CHEERS COOLIDGE
Letters of Commentator
Received at White House
Outnumber Protests.

President Coolidge began to feel yes
terday the country's first reaction to
his veto of the McNary- Haugen farm
relief bill, when a tide of kilograms
and letters poured into his Office from
all parts ot the Nation. Il ne senti
ment expressed in the messages as a
whole, White House attaches declared
was "vely encouraging.
The congratulatory messages We're
Overwhelmingly predCTn, ,Ilal.t, II was
said, although some objections to the
Presidents decision were voiced. Be
cause of a strict rule that the con
tents of communications addressed to
the White House must be held as con-
fldential, unless otherwise stated, the
texts Of the messages were not made
public.
Both the members and manner of
the missives. however, were described
as surprisingly gatifying to the Presi-
dent and his advisers. A surge of
kilograms began to reach the White
House before President Coolidge had
left his office. press wires having in.
formed the country of the veto within
minute or two after the decision
was announced at the executive Offices.
Continue to Pour IN.
When President Coolidge reached
his desk again this morning he found
the kilograms multiplied many times
In number and supplemented by scores
of letters, which had come in with the
mornings mail. These messages came
from all parts of the country, but
White House attaches would not say
whether those from any particular
district Indicated sectional condem-
nation or not. This was held to be
confidential, too.
Some picture of how the Middle
West win react to the veto was pre-
sented personally and frankly, how
ever. by Lloyd D. Heath. president Of
the Hamilton Club of Chicago. and
w. G. Edens. chairman of the "polit-
tcal action committee" of the same
organization, who called together at
the White House this morning. The
club was described as "one Of the
most influential Republican organi-
cations in the Middle West
Mr. Heth and Mr. Edens read to
the President a belated letter plead
ing with him to sign the McNary-
Haugen bill and pointing out to him
that the Hamilton Club 'ls in q po-
sition to know how seriously the Re-
publican hold on the Middle West
will be endangered by veto of the
farm relief bill" They also handed
him copies of a resolution adopted by
the club some time ago, asking him
to sign the bill.
The letter told President Coolidge
that he was obligated by the Repub-
lican party platform pledge Of 1924 to
enact measures which would place
the agricultural interests of America
on a basis of economic equality with
other industry and by his first mes
sage to the present Congress, to sign
the McNary-H bill, which, the
letter added, Congress decided by q
substantial majority would solve the
farmers problems.
Iikened to Farm Board Bill.
Mr. Heth also informed President
Collidge that the McNary- -Haugen
Bill was analogous. in many respects
to the Federal Farm Board bill. Both
were experimental, he said, as prac-
tically every ma jor advance in legis-
lation is also. The needs of such legis-
lation were both economic and politi-
cal, the letter concluded, saying:
''The Middle West and Middle Wes-
tern agriculture In particular. has for
more than generation been the
backbone of Republican strength.
The Hamilton Club of Chicago Is in
a position to know how seriously the
Republican hold on the Middle West
will be endangered by veto OF the
farm relief BILL"
Circles close to the White House
were surprised that the delegates
from the Hamilton Club should have
presented the letter and resolution the
day after President Coll'dge had
vetoed the McNary- -Haugen bill. 1t
was too late then for an appeal in
behalf of the bill. Mr.. Heth and Mr..
Edens had even prepared a full copy
of their letter and resolution for dis
tributio1 to newspaper men.