The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
Politics Warming up
At Washington D. c.
Hoover Becomes Center of Discussion-Coolidge Not
Anxious to Boost Ambitious Cabinet Member While
Third Term Still Appeals to Him.

Washington-(FP)- Secretary of |
State Kellogg is not going to re-
sign and even if he should resign |
Mr.. Hoover will not be made Secre-
tary of State"
Behind that political bomb, hurled |
from the White House on the after
noon of April Is, is the pent-up ir-
ritation of Calvin Coolidge toward a |
member of his cabinet whose name |
has been mentioned more and more I
frequently, in the past three months |
as the probable successor to the I'M
fortunate and unpopular head Of the
cabinet.
The Spokesman did go on to say
that Hoover had been one of the most
ardent supporters of the Chinese pol
icy pursued by Kellogg, and that in
any case the president does not per-
NIT a cabinet officer to interfere
with the running of another depart
ment by the head of that department
that Kellogg is running the State
Department, subject only to the ap-
proval of his acts by Coolidge. But
his denial that there was a split in
the cabinet on the Chinese policy, be-
tween Kellogg and Hoover, was not
convincing.
1t is notorious in Washington that
Hoover has for months been CRITICS.
ing Kellogg, from the standpoint of
American foreign trade. He has
been telling his subordinates and his
friends that the Mexican and Nicar-
aguan aggressions have been too
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America. He has been reported as
arguing that the American note to
the Chinese Nationalist should never
have been made the same as the notes
of Britain, France, Japan and Italy.
Hoover has spoken privately in the
tone of man anxious to get into
the State Department, to show the
world how to get the maximum bust
ness advantage out of diplomacy and
naval power.
But Coolidge does not trust Hoover
He looks upon his ambition as point
ing to the presidency. Coolidge is
not through with that job He con-
siders any attempt by a cabinet mem
Der to get into the presidential race
so long as Coolidge is to be candi
date, to be ingratitude if not down
right treachery. Hence the sudder
ll-tempered blast at Hoover.
Now come the anti-Coolidge regu
lars with a fitting reply. In deer
confidence they say to the press tina
Cal is about to "get his" in the form
of an open letter from a group o.
them, asking him to say where hi
stands on the third term issue
Nicholas Murray Butler raised tina
objection some time ago, and the Ma
tiOnal Chairman William Butler wa
Oblidged to tour the country to flat
ten it out. But it is coming back a
a challenge. The Atlantic MONTH
forced Gov. Al Smith to make a re
ply to the question as to whether HI
If elected president, would permit hi
religious ties as Catholic to inflU
ence his duty under the constitutio
in dealing with Mexico. Smith is 9
bout to publish a direct answer t
this challenge. The anti-third-teH1
republicans believe that their lettel
when published, will compel Coolidg
to admit that he is trying to get
third term and that he disapprove
of the twO-term limit on president.
or else that he is not going to ru
next year.
Whether the fine hand of Herbel
Hoover is behind this group is a maj
ter for speculation. Sen. Moses {
New Hampshire may be one of til
promoters, and former Senator Wad
worth of New York may be anOthe
Dawes will be pleased when the le
ter comes out. So will Nick Lon.
worth and Frank Lowden. All
these hard-boiled politicians feel tn;
Coolidge should step aside and gi1
them a chance to show how well the
can cary out Morgan policies.
X
Coolidge is sufficiently disturbe
by the drift of party intrigue to
unwilling to go very far west tn
summer. His choice of 'wester1
summer vacation has narrowed dow
to Minnesota, Wisconsin or Michiga
according to the last inspired rumo1
He will not see the Black Hills
the Rockies. And since the polite
garbage stirred up by the new inoui1
into the Schall senatorial election h
tainted the air in Minnesota, it a
pears reasonably sure that the sur
mer White House will not be locat
within 100 miles of the Twin Cite
Farm propaganda will be carried
during the summer by Sen. McNa
OF Oregon, who now is thought to
considering an offer of the secretar
ship of agriculture to replace Jardir
The latter has been a sad misfit Al
will not be missed when he leav
Washington. If McNary goes in
the Coolidge Cabinet he will have
stop talking about his bill for far
relief which Coolidge vetoed wi
ScOrn and ridicrle.