Evening star., 1928-03-22
COOLIDGE REPEATS
HE IS OUT Of RACE
President Makes Stand Clear
for Third Time Through
His Secretary.
BY 7. RUSSELL YOUNG.

For the third time Calvin Coolidge
has declined TO become a candidate to
succeed himself as President, and has
made known his honest desire to retire
to private life at the expiration OF his
present term.
His latest announcement in this re-
spect was III the form of a letter he
authorized Everett Sanders. his secre-
retary, yesterday afternoon to send to
/. c. Hinkle. chairman Of the Repub-
lican State committee of Wyoming In
which he very definitely refused the
opportunities of that committee Ito
waive his personal preference and con-
sent to continue for an additional four
years that leadership which has brought
honor and prosperity to the country"
This avoWal OF the President, while
almost as brief as that now famous
l2-word statement he made out in the
Black Hills of South Dakota last
August. in which he SO completely
shocked the country by announcing that
he did not choose 10 be a candidate
TO succeed himself, is expected to re-
move any existing doubts about the
Presidents attitude toward another
term.
Text of letter
This response to the Wyoming Re
publicans was My dear MIR. Hinkle:
The President has received your letter
of the 18th. inclosing copy of
the resolution adopted by the Repub-
licau State committee of Wyoming on
March 10, While he. Of course, very
greatly appreciates and thanks you for
the expressions of confidence. the Presi-
dent directs me to say that he must
decline to grant the request of the
committee.
Sincerely yours.
EVERETT SANDERS.
Secretary 10 the President" 4"
The President saw To ii that his let
ter was not made public until after the
stock market had closed. and as a
means of making 1t clear TO the country
AMI party Just exactly what il is the
President was declining. the White
House made public, with the letter
signed by Secretary Sanders. the reso-
lutionS in question adopted by the WyO-
ming Republican State committee.
which resolutions are looked upon by
friends of the President as part of
the movement to set in motion an or
ganjzed campaign to force or persuade
the President 10 change his mind about
another term.
This last announcement while re-
Ceived here with much interest. eSpe-
cially as it Is the second time since
the Black HillS remuneration that he has
made his attitude known, did not cause
the sensation that followed the original
statement. nor did it have the same
effect as did the speech of reiteration
he made last December TO the members
OF the Republican national committee
gathered IN the east room Of the White
House
1t is felt very certain that this last
action on The part of the President will
90 far to block the growing movement
ard bearer, or 10 bring about stampede
at the next Republican convention
The White House has reason to know
that most of the more influential Re-
publican leaders, with the exception of
William NJ Butler, chairman of the
Republican national committee; Charles
d Hilles Of New York, vice chairman
Of that body, and G BaScom Slcmp.
national committeeman from Virginia
have long since come TO the conclusion
that Mr.. Coolidge had very definitely
removed himself from consideration and
from the party equation and that It.
was useless TO attempt to persuade him
10 reconsider
See Help for Hoover,
Also number of business men have
been engaging IN the draft Coolidge
talk. but II Is thought now that even
these die -hardS" must accept the
Presidents attitude as definite and final.
Another existing impression today fol-
lowing the Presidents last reiteration
is that the supporters OF Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover will be greatly en-
couraged. II Ii the hope OF many OF
these friends OF MIR. Hoover that he will
now receive the support of many of the
administration followers, and that this
last action of the President should be
the means OF swinging some OF them
into the Hoover line without any great
delay
William H. Wilcox of New York. who
managed the Hughes presidential cam
paign In 1915, predicted after a call at
tha White House today that President
idge VIII be renuminated at the
aB CITY convention next June
lether the President would accept
the nomination h prohlematical VIII
cox said. contending that he had not
disclosed definitely what he would do
Under such circumstances,