Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
FULL us. APPROVAL
IS GIVEN TO PACT
AS COOLIDGE SIGNS
Entire Cabinet and Large
Group From Senate Present
at Ceremonies.
USES PEN HAVRE, FRANCE,
PRESENTED TO KELLOGG
Author of Treaty Also Affixes Sig
nature-Blaine, Who Voted
Against It, Is Absent.


he considers one of the principal
achievements of his administration.
President Coolidge today affixed his sig
nature to the instrument of ratification
of the Kellogg anti-war treaty, pro-
claiming to the world that the United
States had approved it in full.
The entire cabinet and large rep
resentation from the Senate were pres
ent as Mr.. Coolidge signed the docu-
ment. He used the gold pen which was
presented to Secretary Kellogg by the
City of Havre, France, when the Sec
retary went abroad last Summer to sign
the treaty at Paris.
Two copies of the instrument received
the Presidents signature, and then
each was signed by Secretary Kellogg,
who sat beside the President at the
historic old desk which served as a
cabinet table from the time Of Presi-
dent John Adams to the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt.
Pomp and Splendor Absent.
There was an absence of pomp and
splendor The only uniforms in evidence
were those worn by the Presidents
military and naval aides. The big
east room, which has been the scene
of many notable gatherings in the past,
was brilliantly lighted for the occasion.
Photographs and motion pictures re-
corded the historic event. :
There were no floral decorations. An
oil painting of the Hall of the Clocks
of the ministry of foreign affairs in
Paris, where the treaty was signed by
the Is signatory nations last August,
had been hung on the wallof the room
for this special occasion, later to be
hung in another part of the White
House
No representatives of the foreign gov
ernments were present. Mrs. Coolidge
was an onlooker during the ceremony.
She stood in the doorway. some little
distance away from the signing. with
Mrs Kellogg, the wife of the Secretary
of State, and former Senator Butler Of
Massachusetts and Mrs. Butler.
Frank w. Stearns of Boston, who was
a guest at the White House, stood with
the newspaper correspondents, who
fringed the seni-circle of Senator'S and
State Department officials, formed i'm
mediately behind the President.
Entire senate Body Invited.
The Vice President and the entire
Senate body had been invited. as well
as the cabinet and the UnderSecretary
and the Assistant Secretaries of State.
Every member of the cabinet was pres
ent and occupied seats arranged in a
line on either side of the President. the
Secretary of State sitting to the Presi-
dents immediate left and Vice Presi-
dent Dawes on the immediate right.
The % Senators present included
Borah and Swanson, the principal
champions of the pact during the fight
for ratification in the Senate, and
Moses and Bingham, who were active
In obtaining an Interpretation OF the
treaty in advance of its ratification.
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, the only
Senator to vote against the treaty. was
absent. The other Senators present
were Vice President-elect Curtis, Oddie,
Edge, Fess, Ransdall, Overman, Sackett,
Sheppard, Shortridge, Schall, Walsh,
Smoot, Greene. McMaster, Gould, Jones,
Robinson, Phipps, Gillett, Hale, Stevens,
Deneen, Fletcher, Steiwer and Smith.
Those who had gathered to witness
the signing we're on hand in advance
of the arrival of the President. The
latter entered the room accompanied
by his cabinet and Everett Sanders, his
secretary, with Tiny Tim, the red chow
dog, bringing up the rear. This presi-
Dental pet did not remain long in the
rear. however He worked his way
through the crowd to the Presidents
side. but the crowd soon drove him out
and he trotted over and took a position
beside Mrs. Coolidge in the doorway.
Receives Pen From Kellogg.
There were no formalities preceding
the signing. The President entered
upon this business Immediately upon
taking his seat. From Secretary Kel-
logg he received the pen to be used in
afixing the signatures
Mr.. Kellogg said after the ceremony,
which added to the historic value of
this pen, that it was his intention to
treasure it with other mementos of his
public life.
The signing required three signatures
on the part of the President and Sec
retary Kellogg. The first signature was
upon the original of the document of
ratification. the second was upon an
official copy and the third was upon
the warrant for the use of the great
seal of the United States
Now that the United States has for
Inally ratified this treaty, the IA other
Signatories will be notified and will
duly sign.
The A nations which have signified
adherence to this pact but which are
not signatories. will formally deposit
articles of adherence with the proper
officers of all the nations involved. AL
ready Russia, Austria, Ethiopia and At
ghanistan and the Dominican Republic,
have deposited articles of adherence.
The actual signing today on the part
of the President and Mr.. Kellogg would
not have required more than a few
minutes. but the ceremony was pro-
longed for nearly Is minutes in order
that nearly half hundred of motion
picture and news photographers could
make "cloSe-ups"
After the signing the President arose
and, before leaving the table, shook
hands with Vice President Dawes and
Mr. Kellogg and Senators Borah. Curtis,