Evening star., 1928-11-23
CONTINUITY SEEN
AT WHITE HOUSE
Transition From Coolidge to
Hoover Policies May Be
Almost Imperceptlble.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Continuity of the Coolidge and
| Hoover administrations so that there
may be no interruption in vital policies
is being planned. The most signlf1cant
example OF this is the decision OF
President Coolidge to await the return
of President-elect Hoover from South
America before acting on the data FUR
nished him by the Tariff Commission
with respect to the tariff on corn.
In no instance has there been as
much cordiality and cooperation as
already has been manifest between the
old and the new leaders of the Gov
ernment. The fact of the matter is
that the principal men in the Coolidge
administration had an important part
in making Herbert Hoover the party
nominee. Unlike other changes ct
administration the men IN office were
not divided into two rival camps, but
almost all we're on one SIDE in pre-con-
vention days.
Plans to Avoid Friction.
In 1920. when the last change of party
administration occurred there was the
usual standoffiShneSs between the IN
coming Republicans and the outgoing
Democrats. In 1912, the same thing
occurred indeed. definite suggestions
of co-operation with regard to foreign
policy made by Secretary Of State Knox
were rejected by the Wilson admins
tration In the change Of Presidents
| in 1903 a certain GOODNESS had de-
veloped, and, whether it was JUSTIFIED
or not, the fact was that the strong
Rooseveltian followers were already be.
ginning to pick flaws in the proposed
| Taft policies and personnel. Herbert
Hoover has made up his mind that
there will be no repetition OF this be-
tween his own and the Coolidge contn- I'm
| gent if he can prevent 1t, and ne mas
expressed himself to that effect in no
uncertain way to his friends.
President Coolidge does not expect
Mr.. Hoover to follow literally the Cool
| idge policies He recognizes that cir
cumstances change and that each man
has different conception of the execu-
tive Office, but in order for Mr.. Hoover
to get a running start with mini
mum of troubles and perplexities there
is every reason to believe there will be
o few changes in the underlying per-
sonnel and that to all intents and pur-
poses the transition period will be
blend of Coolidge and Hoover ideas.
MAY Call on Coolidge.
It will probably not be surprising tc
| find Mr.. Hoover consulting President
! Colidge even after he leaves the White
| House. 1t has always seemed difficult
/ to explain why Presidents did not con-
/ suit eX-Presidents more than they do
| It mas been limited that correspondence
/ between men who have been in the
White House and the incumbents ha:
probably been greater than the public
1 realizes. In early periods of American
/ history there were notable examples ol
! an exchange of ideas between the mer
who had served in the presidency anC
new chief magistrates. especially wher
they happened to be OF the same po
litical beliefs.
Mr.. Hoover knows that Calvin Cool
| idge has studied some questions in de-
tail which are likely to recur in hi:
| own administration and that an i'm.
preston formed by his predecessor after
| an examination of the facts will be in
| valuable to him. And there is no man
more likely TO give wholehearted CO.
ouaration to his successor than Is Pres
! ident Coolidge. There has been an in
| innate association between Mr.. Hoover
and Mr.. Coolidge for the last five years
| and on many questions which dld mol
/ happen to fall within the jurisdiction oi
| the Department of Commerce, either.
| The transition between the Cooildgt
! and Hoover administrations will be st
gradual as to be imperceptible-and per
| haps this is one of the reasons why thu
business of the country, now that thu
4 election with its atmosphere OF uncer
tainty is cleared away, shows signs of al
unprecedented boom.
/ (Copyright, 1929