Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-03

PUZZLED
BY NOW:
President Still Silent on
Reasons Which Prompt
ed Withdrawal.
SINCERITY DOUBTED
Many Believe POlitical
"Feeler" Prompted Act
of Remuneration.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

RAPID CITY, s. D., Aug. 3. =
The political thunderbolt which
President Coolidge hurled against
the world when he spontaneously
announced he did not choose to be
candidate for the presidency in
1928 stirred the telephone and tele-
graph from the far reaches of the
country to the summer White House
today.
There were messages Of congratu.
lations that he does not intend to
seek another term and kilograms OF
despair that he is giving up the
job before it is finished.
With characteristic silence Mr.
Coolidge LET the telegraphic storm
rage around him without a murmur
and went about his business just as
if he had not suddenly renowned
the throne of the Republican party.
The kilograms and telephone dis
patches seemed to indicate that
oDinion was divided as to whether
his terse II word announcement,
81 do not choose to run for Presi-
dent in nineteen twenty eight,
was really a remuneration or merely
notice that he was not a can
didate.
Those who interpret the presiden-
tial opinion usually follow his
words so closely that they lose the
true meaning of them. They at.
tempt to see motiv\, hidden in them
which do not exist. They know Mr..
Coolidge has a keen sense of publ
city and a more than ordinary in.
tuition of its results.
Good Snowman
Some of the newspapermen who
have been with him for years have
even called him the greatest
Snowman on EARTH because of his
ability to sense public feeling. They
argue that the President merely put
out the statement as carefully
worded document to quiet the talk
about a "third term, and TO stop
the line of political opposition which
has theoretically chased him into a
corner to squeeze HIM out on the
on the subject as to whether he was
a candidate.
There are others who say these
arguments are fallacious-and
shrewd politicians here agree with
them-because man who says he
is not candidate for office loses
90 per cent of his political momen-
tum. He opens, they say, the way
to other candidates who otherwise
would stick under cover.
The truth of the matter is, ac-
cording TO reliable information fur
nished the United Press. that Mr..
Coolidge is getting just a little
tired of the job which has physical
" disabled or hindered the last two
presidents.
Since he came out here. lines can
be discerned in his face which were
never seen there before. His health
is good, according to his personal
physician. DIR. James F. Coupal, but
the doctor doesn't attempt to state
worries and trihulations.
Loses His Temper
IHpTe nave DtcH
which newspapermen could not over
look, suggesting that he does not
feel himself. He has dismissed a
secret service man; he has spatted
with newspapermen and photograph
ers. He has indicated he is not
quite his usual self.
BY his actions, therefore, he has
lent credence to IN opinion among
his friends that he is tired Of the
office and anxious TO avoid another
term. To these persons his state
ment rang true and caused tho b
lief to grow in their minds that he
meant every word he said.
Mr.. Coolidge often has caused
similar political CONSERVATION be-
fore. He announced his ""~d'1Hry
for lieutenant governor Of Massa-
chusetts 10 years ago by saying
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