Evening star., 1928-11-25
This Man Knows Coolidge
Secretary Settling

very dear place in the old Senator
personal affection.
Meanwhile, he studied law at night
in Washington in the hope of eventually
going into practice for himself.
Even more important, meanwhile he
married. 1t would be completely made
quate to give any account of Mr.. Clark
which did not include Mrs. Clark. A
woman of beauty and charm, with a
speaking voice which it is Joy to hear,
Mrs. Clark has been one of those ideal
companions for public man whose
loyalty and tact and lf-effacement
make their unSung contributions to the
life of our Government.
Every afternoon as they walk UP Six
tenth street people in Washington have
had the habit of looking up at the big
yellow and white cat on the ,windowSill
of the Clark house. OF late they have
missed him. For Touser-nothing of
cat in name and little of ordinary cat In
quality-has passed on. But the white
dog remains, and the parrot and the
love birds and the canarles and the
goldfish, and perhaps some day another
may try to take the place of Touser in
this household of true lovers of pets
and lovers of out-of-doors.
1t was Frank Stearns of Boston who
(While the ClarkS were out playing in
the snow of Boston blizzardD called
Ted Clark on the telephone to ask him
If he would consider going to Washing
ton as secretary to Vice President
Coolidge.
Mr.. Clark said mo-" and went back
to his snow. He said mo" because he
had, at the death of Senator Lodge.
gone into law Office and was success
fully happy in his job.
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conference with MIR. Coolidge. And
the rest is of record. Clark went back
to the Capitol with the new Vice Presi-
dent. He moved on from the Capitol
to the executive offices. There he is
today.
Has Anomalous Position.
Actually Clark occupies an anomalous
position. Under the specific law he does
not exist. BY statute there is the Of
flee of the secretary to the President
There is no such official as the Presi-
dents secretary. Yet here Clark is.
Here is Clark, by presidential choice
and appointment under the general leg
. islation which permits President to
choose a certain number of officials for
the executive Office.
Actually, the President has these two:
The secretary to the President, Everett
Sanders of Indiana. and the Presidents
secretary. Edward T. Clark of Massa
chusetts.
From Sanders you learn nothing, and
! from Clark you learn less.
Coolidge Is to Clark" my friend re-
marked that day at the Cosmos Club
las a babbling brook to still mill
pond"
This does not mean that Clark does
not talk He does-and delightfully."-. He
talks with the air of one who is telling
everything. He is telling everything
about nothing in particular. He makes
observations. He does not make revela-
tionS.
Secretary Sanders Position.
Sanders, alternate thread to Clark in
the warp-and-woof of a presidential
screen, might be called the front-buffer
for the President. Sanders Is In direct
charge of letting them in. Which usual
ly amounts to keeping them out.
Sanders has behind him long record
as an able politician. Prominently mem
toned for Governor Of Indiana, he
achieved also reputation In Congress
for his ably reasoned speeches.
He personifies the atmosphere Of the
large. quiet room next to that Of the
President. in which he receives callers
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