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years as a review of thd careers of those
who had served two full terms had
shown him that the latter part of their
tenure of Office was devoid of construc-
tive accomplishments.
The Nation was startled when on
August 2, 1927, the President issued his
famous statement:
II do not choose to run for President
in 1928"
1t was interpreted variously through
out the country. Many saw in it a
sincere wish for retirement, but still a
willingness to accept the nomination
should an insistent demand arise
Others looked upon it as a final decision
that he would not be a candidate for
reelection. There were many, too, who
regarded it as, a shrewd attempt to
avoid the third term issue by having
himself drafted for Office"
Clarified In Address.
This confusion was clarified by Mr..
Coolidge in an address before the Re
publican National Committee the fol-
lowing December In six crisp SEN
tences which were added at the last
minute to a prepared speech, the Presl-
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himself entirely from the presidential
race and advised the party to continue
''the serious task of selecting another
candidate"
This decision, he asserted, must be
respected"
But Mr. Coolidge did not stop there
When the Republican National Conven-
ton met at Kansas City in June, 1923.
he dispatched his secretary, Everett
Sanders, to the session with instruc-
tions to notify several leaders of the
State delegations mot to vote" for him.
Had 1 not done So" he said in his
magazine writings, Il am told I should
have been nominated"
Mr.. Coolidge is on record as having
said that he had never formulated in
his own mind what his attitude would
have been had he been nominated.
But 1 was determined" he added,
mot to have that contingency arise"
Farm Sections Restless.
One of the major issues of that con-
vention had been a principal subject of
contention during the latter years of
the Coolidge administration and one
that the President had tossed squarely
into the center of the presidential cam
paign. 1t was farm relief.
Signs of unrest in the farming sec
tions of the Middle West were apparent
when Mr.. Coolidge took office. The
farmers of that section we're confronted
with a serious depression and called
upon the Federal government for help
in finding way out Their spokesmen
in Congress clamored for legislation and
the passage of a measure which Mr..
CnOIidna fa1f ho
That was the original McNary- Haugen
bill, containing the famous and much
discussed equalization fee provision.
Urging the development of co-opera4
tive marketing organizations as the best
solution for the depression, Mr.. Coolidge
declared he must oppose any form of
price fixing, either direct or indirect,
and called for the measures defeat 1t
was passed twice by Congress and on
each occasion it received a presidential
veto. With the second veto the Presi-
dent sent to Congress scathing mes
sage in which he termed the measure
economic folly"
The Coolidge administration was
characterized by peaceful relations with
the rest of the world and attempts by
the President to make that peace last
ing one. Early in 1927, he asked the
POhClo W AlCCb lOI d
discussion Of the limitation of auxiliary
vessels of war, to supplant the Washing
ton treaty of 1921 which applied only
to capital ships. Japan and Great
Britain accepted and representatives of
the three nations gathered at Geneva
1t has been said that the conference
was not preceded by sufficient amount
Of preliminary consideration Of technical
methods of disarmament but at any
rate. irreconciliable differences of
opinion arising from the widely varied
needs of the United States and England
caused the conference to end in a dead
lock that continued to the end of the
Coolidge administration.
Sought to Preserve Peace.
Mr. Coolidge also sought to preserve
peace through the Kellogg multi 'ateral
treaty for the remuneration of war,
which he declared the most important
subject to be discussed by the Senate
during his time in the White House
In spite of determined opposition from
group of Senators who regarded the
act as an "entangling alliance" and one
destined to lead eventually to member
ship in the League of Nations, the pact
was formally ratified by an overwhelm-
ing vote.
The former President also was Of the
opinion that peace could be preserved
through the maintenance of strong
national defense and he was a consist
ent advocate of a large, but non-com-
petitive navy. In the last year of his
administration he vigorously indorsed a
measure authorizing the construction OF
Is new 10,000-ton cruisers and 10000
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