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plus of $252. 540,2S3, assuming no
change in the present revenue laws.
He estimates the surplus for the cur
rent fiscal, year at $454, 2S3 ,806, this
figure representing the difference be-
tween estimated receipts of $4,075,59S,-
091 and expenditures amounting to
$3.621. 314,2S5.
The President allows approximately
$645,000,000 for the purely defense
needs of the nation during the year
ending June 80, 1929, an increase of
approximately $20,OOO,OO0 over the
sum made available for defense last
year. According to the Presidents
figures, navy estimates for the next
fiscal year are 1852. 1877 ,O20, an increase
of 14,299,043 over this year. For the
army the budget estimates provide
1921 1881, 1888. The navy total, however.
contains approximately 100000 for
retired pay for officers and enlisted
men, an item not included in the army
total.
MTHEN the Republican national com
w mittee got together-with two new
anti-La Toilette members surprisingly
elected In Wisconsin-it first called on
the President ia the White House, and
Mr.. Coolidge made quite a long ad-
dress in which he quite definitely re-
moved himself from consideration for
the nomination. In 1928. His words
were:
"rhis is naturally the time to be
planning for the future. The party
will soon place In nomination its can
didate to succeed me. To give time
for mature deliberation I stated to the
country on, August 2 that do not
choose to run for President in 1928.
My statement stands. No one should
be led to suppose that have modified
1t. My decision will be respected.
After had been eliminated the party
began and should vigorously continue
the serious task OF selecting another
candidate from among the numbers of
distinguished men available"
The committee then took up the
question Of the convention city, hear
ing the offers OF the several contest
ants. Chairman Butler aroused a good
deal of luminosity by declaring his
preference for Kansas City, and a hot
fight between that city and San Fran
cisco resulted. On the twentieth bal
lot Kansas City won, and the com.
mittee at once issued q call for the
convention to meet there on June II.
Mr.. Co0lidge's elimination" of himself
was followed by statement by Charles
Evans Hughes that he was not to be
considered candidate, and, though
Senator Willis announced that he was
willing to accept the homer. there were
left but three major contenders for the
nomination-Frank o. Lowden, Her
bert Hoover and Vice President Dawes.
The selection Of Kansas City was re
garded as rather favorable to Lowden
and Dawes.
Under the terms of the caA for the
convention the basis of representation
will be the same as In 1924. There
will be one delegate for each congress.
sional district and one additional dele
gate for each district polling 10000 or
more votes for the Republican candi-
date for President in 1924 or Re
publican candidate for congress In
1926. Then there will be four dele
gates at large for each state and three
additional delegates for each state car
ried by the Republican ticket in 1924.
There will be 1859 delegates in the
convention, compared with l,109 In
1924. Kentucky and Texas gain three
each, while Arkansas, Oklahoma, and
Wisconsin lose three each. Tennessee
eight; Georgia, North Carolina, and
Virginia two each, and Alabama,
Louisiana, and New York one each.
WARNING was issued to the Re-
w publican and Democratic parties
by the Anti-Saloon league at its meet
ing in Washington, that the league
membership will support only those
candidates in state and national cleo
tons whose utterances. acts and rec
ords prove them to be loyal supporters
of the Volstead act. To win the sup
port of the organization the parties
must nominate men whose loyalty to
the dry act cannot be questioned.
After bitter fight between the sup
porters of F. Scott Mcbride. national
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league, and Ernest H. Cherrington,
general manager of the leagues pub
fishing activities. over the question of
whether force or persuasion should be
the major weapon used in the future
by the league In Its fight against re-
peal OF the Eighteenth amendment.