The Washington times., 1928-11-22
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BY GEORGE E. DURNO
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Interest continues to grow apace
in official Washington-to say moth
ing of the arena of high finance
over the personal plans of President
Coolidge after March 4.
into what line of activity the re-
firing Chief Executive will go has
become an all-absorbing topic Of
conversation and speculation in the
Capital.
Today, just 13Is weeks from the
finish tape of his official career,
Mr. coolidge was maintaining the
same Sphinx.like silence on this
score with which he treated the
politicians and the nation in gen.
eral, in connection with his I do
not choose to run" statement.
Many Offers Made
Offers galore have come to the
retiring President. His name and
his prestige alone are worth many
thousands of dollars yearly to an
almost infinite number of concerns.
He can, by the slightest indication
of assent, become chairman of the
board of the United States Steel
Corporation, the president of Am.
herst College, the head of several
great life insurance companies or a
lawyer unexcelled in magnitude Of
practice.
From the only hint Mr. Coolidge
himself has given. however, it would
appear he is plannig to go back to
Northampton, Mass. for a while at
least. He is on record as having
praised effusively the type of people
that make up the population of the
town from which he made his en-
trance into national politics. and
he is quoted as having said, in ef-
feet: 1T is my hope that l may re-
turn and live among these folks"
Many RumOrs Here
Current avenues of gossip are
divergent, and quite widely so. For
example:
Mrs. Coolidge went house hunting
the other day. She inspected, from
top to bottom, a 900 sample resi-.
dence in one of the smart new sub.
divisions of town, which included APP
proximately $4,000 worth of display
furniture. An indication the couple
about to retire from the White
House are planning to remain in
Washington.
The President. in the course of
the past Is months has received
quite a number of visits from the
controlling heads of the United
States Steel Corporation. j. Pier
pont Morgan accepted the chair.
manship of the board it is said.
only with the understanding that
he was to remain in such capac-
definitely whether or not he would
take the post upon his retirement.
Amherst Post Open
The presidency of Amherst is an
always-open job for the outgoing
Executive. Mr.. Coolidge is the most
distinguished aIumnus of that col
iege, and such a position would be
the most dignified he could accept
under the circumstances.
Three great life insurance com.
panies--the Prudential. the Metro.
polita1 and the New York Life
are said to be angling for the Presi.
dents favor as their future head.
AS a lawyer, Mr.. Coolidge would
combine with Dwight M Morrow,
present ambassador to Mexico, into
one OF the outstanding legal firms
May Return To Boston
As lawyer Mr.. Coolidge would
open an office in Boston.
AS a lawyer, Mr.. Coolidge wotId
renew his practice of old in North
ampton.
Ihese are the rumOrs and such is
the gossip. Barring en- immediate
trlp to Europe or South America
1T would seem from the outside thai
Northampton has the first call
On Election Day. the special
train that took the President and
Mrs. Coolidge back home to vote
included also a car full of person Al
household belongings that were CON.
yeyed promptly to the old home on
Massasoit Street and stored.
Ralph w. Hemminway. who was
once an even half of the law firm
of Coolidge and Hemminway, ;" of
Northampton, frankly doesn't know.
But he says he wouldn't be a bit
surprised any day after March 4 TO
have the President walk in and
suggest that the name Coolidge !
go up on the windows again.
1t was there as late as Novem-
ber, 1925.