THE CAMPAIGN: Alarums & Excursions

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THE CAMPAIGN

Alarums and Excursions

The progress of another week's campaigning brought all the candidates to the eve of the election.

¶ Calvin Coolidge no longer kept his peace. He marched before the members of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington assembled, and with the aid of 23 broadcasting stations addressed the country at large as well as the Chamber men. All other U. S. radio stations Jiushed their voices for 45 minutes while Mr. Coolidge enlarged on his favorite topics of economy, reduced taxation, efficient government. He repeated his party's oft-cried warning against persons desiring Government ownership of railroads and subjugation of the Supreme Court. Said he: "The intelligence, the courage, the faith of the people will support America."

Standing on the south portico of the White House, Mr. Coolidge also spoke, politico-officially, to a delegation of business men representing 47 trades. This time he said: "This is a business country ... it wants a business Government."

Another officio-political utterance was drawn from Candidate Coolidge by the "Golden Rule Dinner" of the Near East Relief. He reminisced about the Administration's foreign policies, saying: "In our country are many exceedingly modest souls. Constantly they depreciate their own assumption that our country has done nothing for Europe, made no contribution to world welfare. ... I do not think that our country needs to assume any attitude of apology. . . . America is ready today, as always, to do its full share. It wants the peace of goodwill and of the Golden Rule."

Also, Mr. Coolidge mailed a long letter via Col. Hanford P. McNider, onetime head of the American Legion, "to the service men and women of America." Said he: "I appeal to you who in the past have proved worthy of all reliance."