Evening star., 1927-06-13
COOLIDGE AND HERO
NOW FAST FRIENDS
President Chats With Noted
Guest as Frequently
as Possible.

President Coolidge and Col. Lind
bergh became fast friends during the
latter'S brief stay at the temporary
White House and they parted with the
expressed hope that they would see
more of one another in the future.
Attaches about the home of the
President were impressed with the
Presidents more than ordinary in
terest in his famous young guest.
Some expressed the opinion that they
had never seen Mr.. Coolidge mora
ca ger for any ones company. Several
times he sent word to the colonel that
he would, be glad to see him in his
study if the latter was not otherwise
engaged, and whenever opportunity
threw them together in the big house
the President and his guest chatted.
It was very apparent that Mr..
Coolidge, aside from his appreciation
of Col. Lindbergh's great accomplish
ment in the air, was anxious to hear
the story of the memorable flight to
Paris from the hero's own lips. Also
he was interested in the young mans
philosophy of life and in his boyhood
The President was always ready with
another question when Lindbergh had
finished answering one, and appeared
to be perfectly content to confine his
part Of these talks to asking questions
and listening.
Lindbergh Asks Questions.
Col. Lindbergh is not entirely unlike
the President in the matter OF con-
versation and asking questions, ana
he frequently dropped the subject or
himself to ask Mr. Coolidge about the
running of the Government and the
thrills Of being the Chief Executive.
Probably the longest and most sat
isfactory talk these two men had was
last night Earlier in the evening
Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre-
tary Of War, and F. Trubee Dawson.
Assistant Secretary of War in charge
of aviation, were guests at the tenn
pOrary White House. When they de-
parted the President and the colonel
drew their chairs closer together and,
with their legs crossed, sat and talked
for more than an hour as If they had
been friends for life. There was no
mstaking the fact that warm friend
acquaintance.
Mrs. Coolidge is said to have been
Just as greatly impressed with the
qualities and the personal attraction
of Lindbergh. However. she did not
have the opportunities that were the
Presidents to chat with him for any
great length Of time.
Up Before President.
1t was about T0:30 o'clock last night
when the President and Lindbergh
brought their interesting chat to an
end and went to bed. Col. Lindbergh
left the temporary White House this
morning at GAS am, and because of
the early hour the President and Mrs.
Coolidge were not up to bid him fare
we'll They attended to this formal
ity before parting last night.
On his way out of the mansion
Col. Lindbergh stopped and shook
hands with the alta" hes, whom he
met in the Railways and at the door,
and thanked them for their courtesies.
To one of these attaches Col Lind
bergh made tn request that he col
lect as many as possible of the photo
graphs taken of him during his home
coming celebration in the Capital and
to send them to him later He added
that he wanted to preserve these
pictures.
In spite of the early hour of his.
departure from the temporary White
House, there was a fairly good sized
crowd out front to voice their acclaim
and to wave an affectionate farewell.
The many thousands of kilograms
and letters which had been received at
the White House for Col. Lindbergh
and which he did not have an oppor-
tunity to open during his stay here
have been bundled and sent to st.
Louis.
Col. Lindbergh mentioned to some
Of the attaches at the White House
Just before leaving this morning that,
while he felt perfectly well, he had
had more or less restless night. He
said he attributed this to the excite.
ment he has gone through,