The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-05

ference was not preceded by suf- 1 ficient amount of preliminary con- sideration of technical methods of disarmament, but at any rate, ir- reconciliable differences of opinion arising from the widely varied needs of the United States and England caused the conference to end in deadlock that continued to the end of the Coolidge admin jistration.
 MT. Coolidge also sought to pre- serve peace through the Kellogg multilateral treaty for the re- lnunciation of war, which he de- clared the most important sub- ject to be discussed by the Senate during his time in the White House. In spite of determined opposition from group of Senators who re- garded the act as an "entagling alliance" and one destined to lead eventually to membership in the League of Nations, the pact was formally ratified by an over Whelming vote.
 For National Defense The President also was of the opinion that peace could be pre- served through the maintenance of strong national defense and he was a consistent advocate of a large but non-competitive navy In the last year of his administra- tion, he vigorously endorsed a measure authorizing the construc- tion of 15 new 10,000-ton criusers and a 16,000-ton aircraft carrier Although the bill encountered stern opposition it finally was ap- proved by Congress.
 Another major Coolidge policy was that of reduction of the high tax schedules that came with the war. Three cuts were effected dur ing his administration, sharp ly decreasing the amounts paid in- to the government by the large corporations and big business gen. orally.
 Long before he retired from of flee, MT. Coolidge received num- erous offers to make professional ! and business connections at the respiration of his term, but con- sistently declined to entertain any of them. After he returned to Northampton he engaged in lit erary work temporarily, writing for magazines the story of his admin istration and an autobiography About two months after leaving the White House he made his first business connection when he ac- Ecepted election as 6 member of tthe Board of Directors of the New York Life Insurance Company. Ea was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron T.. Herrick, American ambassador to France
 Independence Fay Baby
 Calvin Coolidge was born on Independence Day, July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, country village in the Vermont Hills, the son of John c. and Victoria Coolidge. He was descended from John and Mary Coolidge, who settled in Watertown, Mass, about 1850, and his ancestry ran through a long line of farmers who lived in Mas sachusetts until his great-great grandfather moved into Vermont. His father was the village store keeper. as well as farmer. and so the son had double training under his fathers care, blowing and digging in the fields and sell ing and figuring behind the count CT. Here were developed in him the industry, frugality and self reliance which shaped the course of his life. His mother, died when he was 13 and four years later !, he lost his only sister, but warm bond of sympathy developed be- tween him and his step-mother.
 Between chores on the farm and in the store, the future Presi- dent attended the ungraded school at Plymouth. a single room with a wood stove. Afterward he attended Ethe Black River Academy at Lud- How and the academy at St. Johns burg before going to Amherst Col llege. He was keen student, but ionly. in modest way did he enter