Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1924, Page 4

President W alks Ever in Sight Of Relentless Duty, He Says Declares Executive Spiritual, Ty the Associated Press, CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 12.—The text of the address of DPresident Marion Leroy Burton of Michigan i'niversity, placing the name of Tresident Coolidge before the Repub- lican national convention was as fol- Jows: “Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle- men, fellow Republicans and fellow | citizans of America, the greatest country the world has ever known “This hour is fraught with solemn obligations. Not a single member of this convention can escape that fact. A great party, with a noble heritage, with wise leaders, and with responsi- ility for the government today, has convened to nominate a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America. No higher office exists among men. For a time, and by con- sent of the people, it places mar- | velous farces at the disposal of ome man. America today cupies a unique position of leadership in the worid. Her financial strength is uncqualed: ~her agricultural and| manufacturing activities are eno. mous: her educational, religious and pnilanthropic institutions and agen- Cles are maintaining with vigor the cultural, ~ scientific. and spiritual values of the nation. In nominating this man to succeed himself you are ‘virtually choosing the mnext Presi- dent. Such a task cannot be under- taken lLightly. Presents the Man. “I shall speak as one who years has known the President follow this plan because I ¥you want to hear from one a first-hand knowledge Ject. The people have desire to learn about ways of this man. The better vou know him the more you will trust him. The more carefully you study his written words the more certain You will become of the ciarity of his mind, the depth of his thought and l{\h soundness of his judgment. There is no real statesmanship with- out these qualities. My function is| 10 present the man. The emphasis | must be just there. My primary task | does not concern policies or plat- forms as such. Thece must, o course, serve as high important | illustrative material, iut am asked 1o tell you why I heiieve the Pres dent should ceed himself and formally to pilace his name in nomination “In these davs of worth: upon social obligatinns mindedness it is easy full meaning of individual. | Many = powerful forces are now | operative in America which make | for the disintegration of personality | and a consequént failure always to realize that back of cvery = mreat | movement is a man. There can b Mo citizenship without the citizen &nd no virtue without the virtuous. Every na,usr* is identified with a ust the Republi- 'L":-n Party has its wise lnadvr,ytri-d‘ "Tough many vears of falthful and | Striking public service. His preparn. tion for the high office he now holds has been adequate and ide: Deacription Quite Imposaible. “To describe him j e Personality defies the rigid barrie of speech. To know any man you must see him. To know this man you must spend time with him. | As he himself said of Lincoln: ‘The | Breat men of all times badMle all analy- sis and all description.’ [ “One thing we can sav. he illus-| trates the paradox of greatness. A paradox is something which is ‘appar- | ently absurd vet true’ Any one will | tell you he is ‘one of us' and he is. | In keeping with his real qualities 1| shall make no effort to exalt him. for he does not need it. it would be £Tossly inartistic and inconsistent, He is not a superman_and would be | the last to think so. There is not a | trace of show or ostentation about| him. for he does nothing merely for | appearance. He may be an example, | but he would never set ome. His | quiet, unobtrusive, and natural way of doing things was beautifully and | graciously illustrated during the sad days of last August when he assum- | ed the duties of the presidency. He | personifies the plain simple virtues| ©f our citizens at their best. Sees Semething Elemental. “Yet this is not all. If it be said| that he is rarely common it must also be known that he is nobly uncommon, A great man is always simple and di- rect. About this man there is some thing elemental. He ‘can see into the heart of things.’ He knows that every person has a soul and that the great- est thing about America is her spirit. He never lacks dignity. The office he occupies is exalted, for when he performs a public duty it is a cere- mony. “He has moral fiber. To me it is his most distinguishing character- 1istic, There is a moral grandeur about him which does credit to American life. You simply cannot think of him as soft or flabby. He aims actvally to do what he knows he ought to do. There is a rigor and vigor in his life which sug- gests sterness and discipline. He helps one to understand that righte- ousness has _an actual place in the world. Knowing him, yvou see at once why he believes that the American spirit is “the supreme mor- al power of the world’ With him there is no compromise. “There is no substitute for = virtue’ When he knows what is right he follows it with resistless logic and persistent cndeavor. He seems the epitome of sheer self-control. His achievements in this respect are worthy of the highest emulation by the present generation of Americans. From his Touth up he learned that self-restraint is a necessity for useful living as well as for civilization. Boyheod Day Reealled. “His father tells an incident which throws a flood of light upon his early training. It was the boy's duty each day to provide an ample supply of fire wood for the.kitchen stove.” On one occasion in the middle of the night his father found the son at his task because he had failed to pro- vide the wood for the coming morn- ing. Stern duty was on his con- science. He early learned that obe- dience is_essential in a well ordered group. He is severe with every form of selfishness and evil. They exist to be conquered. To him char- acter is the first necessity. He w romes prosperity, provided we tran mute our wealth into social progres: All our national power and grandeur, all our physical wealth, all of our guarantees of life and liberty will be of real avail just in proportion as in- dividual citizens develop sterling, de- pendable character. ‘“There can be no national greatness which does not rest upon the personal integrity of the people.’ Such a man, regardless of the consequences to himself, will do the right. He can be trusted. His Frugality Inkerited. “Frugality is a part of his being. He inherited it out of the back- ground from which he came. His method of living, always comfortable and in good taste, is a stinging re- buke to current luxury and extrava- gance. As Vice President he did not welcome the idea of maintaining a largs establishment. His natural tendency is to be rid of unnecessary things. He has no iastinct far clut- tering life with. mers staff. = He ix _like the soldier equipped for a forced Jimarch. ‘About.him thers was newer for ! believe who has of his sul an unsatiable the life and su v emphasis and public- | overlook the | Cultural and Material ~ America, a Soldier of Conscience. | will deepen | tiv land understands with keen Represents Best of any meedless thing: no useless bur- dens held him back.' Frugality to him is no mere negative approach to life. He actually believes that ‘civil- ization rests on conservation' To him waste is a vicious betraval of our country, while thrift is the con- structive force which assures a stronger future. He seems to per- sonify this philosophy, Every mo- ment of time, without hurry or cop- fusion, is wisely employed. His mind has a’ chance to work because his tongue gives it an opportunity. He is marked by fecundity of ideas and frugality of idioms, by prodigality of thought and economy of expression. This picture makes a conswient whole. It all eventuates in an in- sistent policy of economy in Rovern- ment expenditures. He believes there is_urgent necessity the world over for actual retrenchment in the use of public funds. His insistence upon tax reduction and tax reform illustrate emphatically the practical applica- tion of Wis sense of thrift Thinks Hard Work Desirable. lo him, life is work. He grew up with the idea that hard work is the normal and desirable lot of every one. This idea runs back into_the carliest origins of our history. John Robinson, the pastor of the Pilgrims in Holland, said that ‘the people are industrious and frugal’ These idcas were a part of the very marrow of his ancestors. It was only natural for him to direct the senate of Massa- chusetts to ‘do the day's work.' Theo- dore Roosevelt placed a stirring em- phasis upon the ‘strenuous life. His generation adopted the idea in an al- most self-conscious way. This man simply assumed it. 1t would never occur to him that work was.an inci- dent in life or a mere corollary to | its main theories. It is an ingrained part of his being. He admires Ulysses S Grant because ‘he worked, he made | progress’ This conception of life is intimately interwoven with his ideas of government and sociy. Freedom demands work, because It_is not a gift, but an achicvement. He insists that ‘there is no_substitute for mili- tent freedom' He regrets that we Americans think we can take our Biessings of free gavernment and our Feritage of noble traditions and en- | joy them without realizing that eter- nal vigilance is necessary. ‘Inde- | pendence is exceedingly exacting, | self-control is arduous, self-govern- ment is difficult’ We must all pay the price of freedom. Liberty and leisure are mutually exclusive, just as work &nd life are synonymous. When we all learn to work in peace as we did in- war. our country's evils will di- | minish and our confidence in its ideals Thus he thinks and acts He is the personification of work “In the largest sense of the term | he is a patient man. He knows that | time will do its perfect work. He | does not judge conditions or civiliza- | tions or government in terms of day, a month or a year. He instinc- | iy takes the long 100k the history of our country | insight | the principles which we represent. | He calmly writes that the great| forces of other centuries converged in America. They are working out a | new destiny here. 1t is not for us| to view them with too much im- patience. Philosophy = Living Reality. “This philosophy of progress and history s no mere intellectual con- | clusion. In his presence you feel | it as a living reality. He makes a/ calm, unhurried, steady approach to the tasks of life. No one can throw him into @ panic, for he sees life | steadily and sees it whole. Perhaps | this helps one to undersiand one of | his most appealing qualities. Any man in the turmoil oi practical | politics must deal with many con- ficting forces. He cannot please | every Therefore some, for the time, me hostile and critical This tondition is ineviltable in ‘the life of any administrator. This man, in a very remarkable way, takes h punishment quietly and silently. At times he must oppose what appears to some as an unqualified good, be- cause he recognizes his temporary benefits and sees in the distant future that it must work an evil to| society. Through all such experi- ences he walks with the spirit of human understanding. He knows that time will heal the hurt. His sense of time explains the thoroughness of his work and his intolerance for superficiality. He must have the facts at first hand and will not base decisions on a partial knowledge of the situation. He will not be hur- ried. He avoids extremes and loves proportion. Life does not consist of detached unrelented events. It is & unity welded together by the alchemy of time. He knows how to wait and not be tired by waiting. When he acts you know he will not be im- petuous, because he takes time to think to the soul of things. Demo- eracy, in her careless blundering confidence, is in dire meed of such ieadership. ‘ “Has he a sense of humor? Em- phatically yes. It is not the type that wastes time in recounting inci- dents of ever-increasing tritenes There is an elertness about his mind and a nimbleness of his spirit which are very attractive. These qualities do not express themselves in just the ordinary forms. At times you might imagine he had not even heard what was being said. ‘Then he drops a remark which makes you realize that he has taken several steps in advance and has_put his finger on the real point. He is mot given to hilarity. His humor is dry and delightful, and its expression as a rule is just as sententious as his more serious utterances. Views Religion as Essential. “Beneath the characteristios we have mentioned lies something which one naturally hesitates to drag out into the light. There are some things too sacred for public parade. even though a man belongs to the people. When vou find a man, however, with qualities such as we have ske you inevitably ask for the secret. What is the dynamic back of this moral fiber, this bitter self-control, this sense of the value of things, this instructive understanding of work, this quiet patiemce with the ages? 1t is his sense of the spiritual. No one can read his speeches without realizing that to him religion is es- sential to life. I am speaking in the broadest and most comprehensive terms. 1 am not discussing theology, but religion. There are least a few great fundamental spiritual resl- ities which are the common Dosses- sion of men. He firmly believes reli- &lion to be necessary to the ideals of America. He asserts that ‘most of all there is need of religion. From that source alone came freedom. Nothing else touches the soul of man. Nothing else justifies faith in the people.” Toleration in on among our most notable achieve. ments in this country. The- vital realities of religion alone can satisfy the deepest needs of the human spirit. It is reassuring to know that this man belleves in a personal power groater than man; in emergendies, with Washington and Lincoln, he will know that the issue lies in another hand. Links Material and Spiritmal. “His religious convictions center about & few great words—humility, sacrifice, renanciation, service. In a yery commendable sense he is & hum- ble man. He puts himself out of the center of things. He believes that ‘it is only in the spirit of true hu- mility that there is any approach to the better things of life’ His re- markable speech of Memorial dsy this year was actually built around the idea of renunciation. To him ‘the law of life, the law of progress, is | He knows | thorougnly { the public safet | where, | ties | facflity of abedience, the law of “This whole side of his life cul- minates in & striking attitude for the roblem of mate-ial proaperity and ts uffects upon the quality of our national life. To him cthere is not the slightest need of regarding ma- terial and spiritual resources as con- flicting__elements _in _clvilization. Some maintain that materialism is our national course. He insists upon the possibility of a wholesome rela- tionship between these two great factors. He recognizes that there is much current discontent, but he be- lieves it to be due largely to un- worthy confidence in the things we touch and see and handle. He coun- sels that we examine anew our afti- tude of mind toward possessions, In fact, he firmly believes that real prosperity and even progress demand spiritual values. ‘Nor will real pros- perity arise; he says, ‘by relying upon a materialism which jeaves out of consideration human ideals’ But this does not mean to him that there is anything inevitably imcompatible between the highest standards of spiritual living and genuine business success, In short the former makes possible the latter. It would be a startling thing to the world to know that America actually stands just there. It may be weil to read these challenging words of his with special attention to the order and emphasis: *“There are two fundamental motives which inspire human action. The first and most important is that of righteousness. There is that in man- kind, stronger than all else, which requires them to do right When that requirement is satisfied the next mo- tive is that of gain.’ This is a new point of view for many American critics. Its soundness needs no de- fense “Here, then, is the man. He fol- lows ‘right and truth to their logical conclusions” He gathered it all up in an address he delivered a year ago at a collcge commencement. He said. ‘we do not need more national de- velopment, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power. we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we nced more character. We do not need more government, we need more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not néed more of the things that are seen, we need mere of the things that are unseen.’ “What America must learn is pre- cisely what this man is saying so clearly and forcefully. It has a ring to it which will permeate the world. He has been suecesstul in politics be- cause he has becn simply and un- answerably honest. ‘The hardest thing in the world to defeat is sheer character. Some American politicians still have a great lesson to learm The first mark of & public servant is not solely the desire to know what the people want, but the purpose to help the people to want what they ought to have. A Forward-Looking Conservative. “It is not too much to affirm that the people of the United States have intense longings which they do not entirely understand and which by the very terms of the problem they can- not focus and express. | beiieve this man does comprehend these intense yearlings of the people and that quietly and persistently he is put- ting them forth in sharp. incisive utterances. The Boston police strike need not be rehearsed here. Its de- tails are well known. Butf America will not soon forget this emphatic assertion of a conviction which is to live in American history “There is no right to strike against by anvbody, any- any time' The American people believe that. It required back- bone to say it. They told him it would no doubt end his public life. He simpiy said ‘Very likely’ and pro- ceeded to do his quty as he under- tood it. Such is the man. He breeds confidence. There is here the solid basis on which vou can build a public career of the highest quality Amer- ica needs this man in this hour and the world needs America. “I1—The American. “With this partial understanding of the individual we are prepared to learn that this man in the ‘most thriiling sense of the term is an American, He has been ‘thinking America, believing Ameriea and liv- ing_America. “The place he gives to intelligence is genuinely American. He is sat- urated with confidence in the value of the mind. He constantly empha- sizes the mnecessity the importance of education to nation. Problems of the most serious import require solution. Clear. straight. hard thinking alone will do it This man sees this great truth in all its bearings and never fails to emphasize it. It may not be one of the spectacular aspects of his Americanism, but it is one which the future will not forget. Americans believe in their children and in edu- cation. They demand primary schools, high schools, colleges and universi- These agencies have no better or more understanding friend than this man. “In America we have the curious practice of classifying men. We at- tempt to put labels on them and imagine that therchy we have set- tied something. We have unusual in this method because we rarely pause to agree on any defini- tion of the term. As u matter of fact, it is not the meaning of the term that gives us concern. It is the implication_it carries, its flavor or its color. We sav a man is a conservative. a liberal or a radicai and for us the term carries praise or opprobrium, depending entirely upon our own point of view. Now this man's Americanism comes to lofty expression in what some have praised and others have criticized as his ‘con- servatism.’ Let us examine the actual facts. “He revereaces our past. He knows that the past has produced for us much truth and wisdom. Therefore he believes in history and a thor- ough knowledge of that past. “He uses the past for the future. He is no mere worshiper of the past as the past. It has meaning chiefly as a guide for the future. He recognizes clearly the evils of dead, congealed conservatism. His em phasis is on the days to come. He is concerned chiefly about our ten- | dencies. Therefore, he says, ‘we re- view the past, not in order that we may return to it. but that we may find in what direction, straight and clear, it points in the future’ His l‘! & sane, forward-looking conserva- Becogaizes Need for Change. “He does not concede that the pres- ent clamor for change proves that our national principles are false or that our governmental organization is weak. Changes must come. Every Sane person recognises that. * * * The real question concerns the causes of our discontent and the sources of our evil. Immediately to destroy ex- isting institutions because human frallties continue to exist and human nature is not speedily reformed is w’l‘o mb'e. called vblln tlfllller‘lhlp. easy, but to achieve freedom is hard. “In fact, he bolds that there are genuine grounds for optimism. It s easy to compiain apd to overlook th gTeat blessings of life. After all is =id and dome, America, more than 42y country 1lnuum' world today, of- rivile G i WP ges and opportunl e knows that progress will re- quire hard, wnrelenting toil. To him & better future means continuous struggle and presents a constant challenge. He is no day dreamer, for he knows the stern realities of & workaday world. We cannot legis- late mankind into a state of perfec- tion. ® & Calls for Law Observanee. “The question of law observance in our country today simply esanot be ignored. The problem has many ramifications. It {illustrates how many people fail to understand the real genius of our institutions. If de means anything, it re- quires ‘obedience to the rule of the people.” Our liberties have been pur- at great sacrifice, but it is ‘would guarantee of liberty is amasing how faw under the forms of ordered gove ernment’ How few ynderstand, or, MARION LEROY BURTON. It they do, are willing to live by it. It goes without saying that ‘the au- thority of the law is questioned in these days all too much. The binding obligation of obedience agminst per- sonal desire is denied in many quar- ters’ Upon this issue there is no mistaking where he stands. Law ob- servance is a necessity for perpetua- tion of American institutions. He Points out, among others, two vital considerations. Firstly, law goes back to the individual citizen. ‘To enact or to repeal laws is not to secure real reform. It is necessary to take these problems directly to the individual® It is upon him that the ultimate test must come. Secondly, we all live in w world controlled by law, a fact which we cannot ignore Wwith im- punity. He never showed better his |comprehension of this solemn Yact |than when he wrote these words: ‘We are a race of beings created in a uni- verse where law reigne’ That will forever need all the repetition and emphasis which can be put on it Lew reigns. It can neither be cheat- ed, evaded nor turned aside. We can discover it, live in accordance wtih of schools and | our | it. observe it, and develop and suc- |eeed: or we can disregard it, vielate {it. dery it and fail. Law reigns. Here {is the basis for an orderly world. The laws which man makes for himself | under self-government must be ob- | served with the same kind of respect, or our whole scheme collapses. Every |true American must share his stern | determination to bring about the full observance and rigid enforcement of [the law Stands for Nationalism. | “His fervent love of America has made him an out-and-out nationalist | He cannot look with composure upon any plan er proposal which would limit directly or by inference the in- dependence of America. No one need | doubt where he stands. His devotion 10 his country will never permit him | 1o fail in protecting American rights. | Without any hesitation he asserts | It is the record of ristory that na- tions follow their interests. We shall foliow ours’ That is clear-cut and | unequivocal. In discussing the Paris Conference he has said: ‘Every one knows that the American soul longs to establish @ condition which holds | the promise of a permanent Deace. | but its idesl was for a peace not | imposed by the major forces of the wonld from without, but maintained { By "the moral power of the world | from within' We scnse again his | deep spiritual understanding of men and’ of mations Without narrow. ness, with decp devotion to Ameri { ideais. he knows that the kingdom of God cannot be taken by violence. Apestic of Progress. “He was thoroughly in sympathy with the Washington conference. its methods and results, because it in no v contradicted American principles No nation was to ‘suffer any diminu- tion of independence’ That confer- ence was to him ‘the expression of a great hope’' ‘It proposes some- thing that America can do at home. It surrenders no right, it imposes no burden, it promises relief at home and a better understandinz abroad. He stands for America first because America can then serve all mankind. We are an independent people. Wit real fervor he has exclaimed, ‘Wo have a great desire to be supremely American.’ _Here, then, is this man who is_a fellow American. He be- lieves firmly in intelligence; he is the apostle of sound progress for all the people; he demands that democ- racy shall respect its own laws: and, above ail, he stands for the undi- minished, untrammeled independence and sovereignty of the United States of America. Heart and soul, he is an American. “I11l. The Human Being. “We have seen what manner of man he is. We have found him to be superbly American. The roots of true Americanism run down deep into hu- manity. By the very logic of our na- tional principles we were forced to enter the great war. Not for terri- torial expansion, not for indemnities, not for trade Supremacy or any self- ish reason did we_mobilize our men and our money. We sent our most precious _possessions across the waters. Believing what we did and being what we were, it was inevi- table. There was no alternative. To be an American is to be & member of the human race. It goes deeper than national lines or political issues into the very heart of mankind. It rests back upon the value which we place upon a human being. We know that there is nothing in all the world that can be compared with or should be given in exchange for a human being. A spark has disturbed our clod. We are all potentially sons and daugh- ters of a common father. The broth- erhood of man is a great spiritual reality. There are some questions which can be rightly viewed only from this angle. We shall find here new depths in this man whom we have chosen as our leader. Believes in Peopls. “He has unlimited confidence in the people. This is said in no cheap sense. It is an irradicabls part of his_theory of representative govern- ment. Fe actually proceeds upon the conviction, as Thomas Hooker puts it, that ‘the foundation of au- thority is laid firstly in the free con- sent of the people.’ This is a favor- ite quotation of the President's. As early as 1895, when he was a college student, he wrote in his prize essay that ‘sovereignty is always finally vested in the people’ He comstantly reiterated his conviction that the ple have nothing to depend upon Dot themseives. They must and can work out their, own destiny, It is a mistake to place too much reliance upon government. He knows that citizens, thoroughly aroused to their duties, can accomplish what they de- sire, and that without such an atti- tude on the part of the people there is little hope of ‘genuine progress. Responsibility he _places T where it belongs. He insists that ‘it rests entirely om the people. It de- pends on_their ability both to rule and to obey. It is what they are The government is what they make it’ Consistent with this point of wiew, he actively supported the change in the direct election of United States senators. His whole career is a challenge to every citizen to perform his publio duty. As a hu- man being, he believes without reser- vations in the peopie and their oa- pacity for self government. * ¢ * “A9 early as 1907 he was support- ing equal suffrage. Those were the days when it _required courage to be - Bat he saw the . with clearness, and was its ardent advocate from the beginning of bis public career. Likewise, when Eo i oy rs’ f bill, and as of Lh.e wmmeon'efldl of Massachu- tts in 1919 he signed the forty- eight-hour bill, designed to safe. guard the vital interests of womea and children. Calls Views Refreshing. “We must add to these comvincing, practical evidences of his pesition the deeper human His speeches reveal a peculiarly beauti- ful and gracious appreciation of the mother and the home. An UBVary- ing note of nobility permeates his utterances whenever alludes to these factors of our life and social order. To him the home is our most sacred imstitution. 1In these days, when some think there is accumulat- ing evidence that the home is a van ishing institution. that monogamy is an outworn social form, and that our social and moral standards are changing rapidly and radically. it is refreshing to come upon this man with his sanity and confidence. “I ask you in sober, serious mo- ments, can you doubt the soundness of this man’s thought or question his real appreciation of women’s place in America? Herein we find conclu- sive evidence that he is a human be- ing, and we find it in forms both practical and ideal. No one can fail to be s:rlpdp‘ed by his depth of human understanding. “A second deduction from his fun- damental confidence in the people makes clear with equal cogency that the integrity of the nation is a su- preme consideration; that sectional- ism and class distinctions are intel- erable in a true America; that gToups must co-operate rather than engpEe in bitter conflict, and particuldrly that capital and iabor must, foz the sake of both and the publio welfare, pool their interests amd work to- gother as human beings. In all these complicated problems he never fails to emphasize the fundamental fact that human values are supreme. In very practical ways he has contrib- uated through the years to the solu- tion of these vexed problems. In his home state organized labor was in- tersted in the modification of labor injunctivns. In Keeping with the | great | problem of civilization today. | man who believes what he evidently { wishes of the employes, desired re- sults were brought about without any invasion of the fundamental legal principles involved. As early as 1912, the first year he was in the Senate of his state, he supported the full- crow bill for the railways, fnr;r:ngfi for an mdequate number each train. in keeping with the judg- ment of those who actually operate them. Held Confidences of AIL “On the side of logic and theory his_position is equally clear, and his attitude through a lons period of vears Las won for him the entire con- fidence of both capital and labor. He belicves firmly in the value and right to organize. His ideal is co-opera- tion, not enmity: mutual conference and’ co-operation, not open warfare and bitter antagonism. He actually believes that men can work together in good will and with mutual benefit. His confidence in man, therefore, is no campaign cry. It is a living real- ity in his heart. His plea is for fair- ness from both sides. In his years of service at the state house in Bos- ton railway presidents and repre- | sentatives of organized labor learned to trust him and his sense of fair- ness. Both sides stated that they were willing to leave the decision to him without even presenting their own arguments. They knew he | would get the facts and would be | fair. This is high tribute, not only | to his statesmanship, but to his sens | of intrinsic values. “We have seen that this man is supremely American; that he can tolerate no limitations of a sound na- tionalism. Some have therefore con- cluded that he neglects the cogent implications of the argument we have been following. Moreover, they have arrived at this position 'by misun- derstanding his expressed views re- garding a world orgenmization. dnd have failed to give proper and de- served emphasis to his clearly and emphatically expressed policy. If he is the great human being Whom we have said he is, if his confidence in the people is based on the deep spir- itual interpretations of human values which we have set forth, then the argument must of necessity culmi- | nate in establishing that he has a is within us and that peace | clearly defined world view. Of this there is abundant evidence. Cites Coolidge Speeches. “We mav well begin with question of war. It is the the Any does must be opposed to war as such. But he is no impractical idealist. So he sdvocates adequate military pre- paredness by sea and land. His atti- tude to war, then, is just what dis- criminating ' citizens with a world view can support and advocate. When America's fundamental ideals | are at stake anywhere, America must be_there. | "“.D5es he recognize our duty to mankind and our obligations of world leadership? It seems strange that such an issue need be raised. In dealing with_this world problem we must let the President speak for him- self. On January 11, 1922, speaking on the anniversary of the birthday of Alexander Hamilton before the Ham- ilton Club of Chicago. he recognized in these unmistakable words our duty of world leadership: ‘We are advancing toward a new leadership among the peoples of the earth, which must be promoted, not by our power 1o take, but by our power to bestow. That same moral grandeur which has been the national ideal in our do- mestic relations is being made the ideal of our foreign relations’ On Washington's birthday in 1922, speak- ing at Baltimore. he made this pun- gent remark: 'We do not deny our duty to continue the making of sac- rifices for the welfore of the world. Coslidge for Parleys. “His message to the Congress last December, while insisting consis- tently upon American independence, was an unqualified, unimpeachable declaration of our sense of obliga- tion to all mankind. And then came his speech on Memorial day of this year. With even greater emphasis and earnestness, he said: ‘We are not going to be able to avoid meet- ing the world and bearing our part of the burdens of the world. We must meet these burdens and over- come them or they will meet us and overcome us. For my part, 1 desire my country to meet them without evasion and without fear in an up- right, downright, square American way. “In all fairness, T ask, can any one honestly question this honest man's deyotion to humanity? “Moreover. back of his fine ideal- ism he has definite proposals regard- ing methods of procedure in realis- ing his aims. He believes unques- tionably in the eternal values of mu- tual discussions. He knows that reason must prevail, but only when men meet face to face do they clearly understand one another. Then the play and power of personality win its victories. Man must not only think correctly, but must feel cor- rectly. “Even more specifically he boldly supports the proposal for a world court. He would adjust and mini- mise the disagreements between na- tions, not by the use of military powsr, or even by the threats and displays of great naval and military strength, but by the methods of rea- son and justice. Surely no one in- telligently can imagine that he would ever sacrifice American independence and sovereignty. He does yearn to co-operate with other nations in cor- recting misunderstandings and elim- inating the differences -whose cumu- lative effect often presage war. “Here is a practical idealist with an American world view which is clear, unmistakabie and challengipg. It is now time that his position be more clearly comprehended spiritual depth and practical effee- tiveness. He knows America must fil:] her full part in world affairs. insists upon doing it in an Amer- ican way. “As self-respecting Individuals, we ean trust this man. As lovers of America, we can follow one who is supremely American. As citizens with s as ‘we can acoept his into new and larger world leadership, because he is at heart a human being. “To the national comvention of the st party in American history I the disiinction to present as date to succeed himself as ident of the United States of \America the virile man, the stanch American, tite real human being— Calvin Coolidgs.” .BREAK IN'SOLID SOUTH - FORECAST AS SPEAKER SECONDS NOMINATION By the Assciuted Press. Speaking for the south, Issac M. Meckins of Nortth Carolina seconded the nomination of Bresident Coolidge before ‘the Republican. national convention to- -day. “The great southland,” he said, “ia alive with humdreds of thousands of loyal, brave.and enthusiastic men and women who cast their votes with the Republican party. Tremendous gains have been accomplished. In my state nearly & quarter of a million of votes were polled for Warren G. Harding in 1920. The last natiomal election saw Temnesses tarn from the sister- hood of southern Democracy and walk into the Republican column. Moze will follow in due time. “The electoral vote of North Caro- 2ina alone gaimed to the Republican cause would offiset the loss of more than four Republican states 1 could name. The swine effort to carry North Carolina ‘that will be made to carry either of ‘these four states and the trick would ibe turned. The Demo- cratic regime there, torn with dis- vord and dissension from within, Bangs, like Absaiom, by the hair. Hope of ‘the Southland. “The citizenship of the south, as in alL other sections of the nation, looks to this convention for salvation and this convention is equal to the de- mand. Ours is not the task merely of nominating a Republican candi. date for the presidency, but the privilege of sebe:ting the next Presi- ent of the Uniued States. This con- vention will appoist unto all the people a Preswent under whose standard every section is protected, every interest of the republic guard- ed and guaranteed. “The man whem this convention will name no section can deny, and every section cam acclaim. I hold the wommission of the Republicans of the south to second. the nomination of their choice for President of this great republic. = * * Moral Struetare Lawded. *In Calvin Coolidge character is the fruit and result of his life. From first. to last, there is not an incon- sistency in _his moral strueture. Every fiber in his nature, strong as anchor chains, counts for something. “Whether quelling a_Boston mob or wih dignified significance acting in the nation's mansion, when false accusation and calumny stalked the streets like a deadly pestilence in the dark, his unerring vision and in- tegrily were his compass in his trials —his amchor in_the pomp and cir- cumstance of triumph. “Calvin_Coolidge is stromger than his partyy he is his own platform: he is the issue &nd the challenge of this campsign. A great Republican he will advance the American stand- ard further during his coming term than could any man of his time. =Calvin_ Coolidge needs no en- comium. Yonder he sits in the White House—bebold and judge him by what he is." COOLIDGE AS STEADFAST AS VERMONT MOUNTAINS, SAYS.FORMER GOVERNOR Seconding the nomination of Presi- dent Coolidge former Governor Wil- liam W. Stickmey of Vermont said: “Vermont, ihe birthplace of the President and beneath the shadows of whose hills five generations of his family sleem, seconds the nomin- ation of Calvin. Coolidge to succeed himself in the high office which he now so ably fills In his boyhood Calvin Coolidge be- came a diligent student of govern- ment and public affairs. During all the days of the vears of his public service, from the feast to the greatest, he seems to have been guided by the wisdom of the founders of his native state, who Wwrote into their com- stitution: “That frequent recurrance to fundamental principles and a firm: adherrence to juatice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality are absolutely neceasary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep gow- ernment free.' “For a lifetime I have known the President’s father intimately and well recollect his grandfazher. Both in .their time were frequently called, by popular vote, to admunister pumblic office. “With truth it can be stated as family characleristics which the President exemplifies in & marked: de- gree that they never wasted any time, they never wasted any words, and they never wasted:; any pmblic money. with her all :New ave “Vermont, and England, seconds the nomminatiom of Calvin Coolidge not becamise he was born there, but because he thinks straight, acts after deliberation. and then stands fast as the hills which surround the home of his yoath. “With him as our standerd hearer victory is assured.” NEW NATIONAL PARTY; FORMED IN INDIANAPOLIS Independents to Choose Candidates for President and Vice President July 5. By the Awsociated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June) 12.—Or- E£anization of a new political 'party, to be known as the National Independent Party, was effected at a meeting of tVotorn from several states lmere yes- The executive committee of the party will meet here July 5 t» choose a candidate for President aind Vice President of the United States, a statement issued following the moet- ing eaid. The executive committee lis com- posed of Edna L. Johnson and Pearl Brown, Indiana: N. Neilson, Texas; James 'Fuller and Lula_1: Klein- schmidt, Missouri; W. H. Garvey. Ar- kansas; Elva King, lowa; D. It. Bald- win, Montana; Gladys McGusre, Cal- ifornia; Silas N. Bunn, Colorado, and John Zabnd and Leonard C. Simmons, Indiana. The party platform advocates gov- ernment o of banlks, eut- outlawry of war, revisien of thwe elec- toral system of selecting natiomml offi- cers, and election of federal\Judges for fixed termi. MRS. BATTELLE NAMED. Columbus Woman Gets Place en National Committee. By the Asseciated Press. CLEVELAND, June I3—Mrs, John Gordon Battelle o umbue was elected national committeewaman from Ohio at & capcus of the Ohio dels n this morning. The mame Nicholas Longworth, the for- mer Alice Roosevelt, of Cincimmati, was not placed in nomination and Mrs. Battelle was unanimously chosen. She hae been the auxiliary member of the committee for years. The Ohio delegation decided not to indorse any candidate for the viee presidential nomination until after: the nomination of President Coolidge. N The women of twenty-eight eoun- tries are mow politicially enfran- chised, = inational convention in giving them CONVENTION ___PROGRAM Meets at 10 a.m. Prayer by Bishop Schrembs of the Reman Catholic diocese of Cleveland. Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton, president of the University of Michigan, places President Coolidge 1n nomination. Speeches seconding the nom- ination of President Coolidge. Balloting on presidential nomination. Speeches placing in nomina- tion the candidate or candi- dates for the vice presidency. Balloting on the vice presi- deantial nominations. Announcement of commnit- tees to formally unotify the nominees for President and Vice President of their nomi- nations. Adoption of a resolution aunthorizing the Republican national committee to fill any vacancies on the national ticket which may eccar by death, resignation or other- wise. y Adoption of miscellaneous resolutions and motions. Adjournment sine die. Women at Convention Special Dispateh to The Star, CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12.—“She won't say she will, and she won't say she won't,” hum the supporters of Gov. Len Small of Tlinois attend- ing the G. O. P. convention here. They burst into the words of the popular song at the mere mention of Mrs. Medill McCormick, leading femi- nine member of the Republican party, for they have been busily at work creating a situati. either to -uh-aibao:ba;fut:f;e:n T:: State slate selected at the April pri- mary in the face of her enthusiastic opposition or to retire as national committeewoman. Needs All of Heritage. Consequently, the daughter of the late Mark Hanna will need every particle of her heritage of political acumen, or face the Sahara of na- tional and loeal political obscurity. Immediately after her unanimou election as committeewoman it Monday whispers concerning Whe safety of her office have been passed | about Cleveland hotel lobbies. Nothing had taken definite until vesterday, when Small's henchmen at the convention began repeating | the rule that members of the nationa) | committee are required to give Wwholehearted support to the party ticket. Interpreting this rule to mean that the committee members stand | behind the state as well as tha na- tional ticket, the govermor's friends are demanding that Ruth Hanna Mo Cormick anneunce herself in favor of her bitterest enemy or resign h v R &N her new wien Oy Pacing Dilemma. th the increasing opposilion among the women 1o the Appoin: ment of Mrs. Alvin T. Hert us suc- Sessor of Harriet Taylor Upton, lead- er of the feminine contingent of the G. O. P., and the general preference for Mrs.’ McCormick as their general, Mrs. McCormick seems to be facing a dilemma. that delights her foes. And still, she won't say she will support Small, and she won't say she won't. When interviewed by the writ- er. she spent fifteen minutes refus- ing to discuss the matter. I have nothing whatever to do with the political situation in Ilii- nois in my capacity as member of the national committee, and I'd like to see them try to unseat me," she stated, with that which might be called'temper, but which is known 1o ' her friends as the “Hanna spirit.” | “I have heen elected and there is nothing_they can do, I was elected twice, first as associate committee- ‘woman, and then as committeewoman if the 50-50 resolution, then pending, became a convention ruling." It is said that the senator's wife ‘was given her place without competi- tion to win her support for the party after her husband's disastrous de- feat for re-election at the primary. Women Take Hand. With Vice Presidents blooming en every bush, the women have taken a hand. For although woman delegates to the G. O. P. conclave here refused to met excited over it, relatives of candidates insisted upon doing a lit- tle dictating. Two cases are being gossiped about over manicures, and candle-lighted tea tables. They are the cases of Senator Curtis of Kansas and Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover. With the boom for Curtis as the logical representative of the middie west, his sister, Mrs. Doily Curtis Gann, hurried to the scene here to explain his points to the women. The senator's wife is seriously, probabiy fatally, ill, and he himself was unable to be present. Consequently Mrs. Genn, & handsomely gowned, voluble and charming woman, hastened to manage his campaign here. Mrs. Hoover Befused. Herbert Hoover's interest in the vice presidency paled into insignificance to make place for Senator Borah after pressure was brought to bear by his better half. For it has been announced by close friends of the Secretary’s family that Mrs. Hoover refused to permit it After enjoying the prestige of being the wife of one of the most important | and influential figures in the coun- try. she is said to have refused to be relegated, together with her nusband, | into the 'social and political grave- yard that is the vice presidency. ‘Women from Washington hers are ‘wondering why the Idaho senator's wife, an astute and definite personality, is willing to acquiesce in the move to shroud her husband in pompous ob- scurity. WOMEN URGED TO WORK FOR REPUBLICAN VICTORY Told by Leaders That Election of Coolidge Will Re Harder Prob- lem Than Nomination. By the Associated Prese. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12.—Re- publican women of the country were urged to put their shoulders to the wheel and work for the election of Calvin Coolidge in November at & meeting of Republican women at- tending the national convention. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Leonard A. Wood of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lindsey Patterson of North Mlu‘f‘ tl'hlh)frefl o th&nwomm mflern'; bers of the party as the “fifty- misters” because of the action of the form equal representation with menion the national committee and in the af- fairs of the party. She declared that at political moetings during the: cam- paign it should be ffty-ffty, amd not afty men and five women. “Just because Mr. Coolidge is yo be nominated so easily, you must. mot think that his election will comke so casy,” Mrs. Wood cautioned the weom- | en. ‘L!:very ‘woman must get outdand | worl Mre. Elizabeth P. Martin of Phila- dolphia urged co-operation betwicen the women from all sections of tthe country. The meeting adopted a resoiution Wf Thanks to the women of Cleveland for E:"&’ hospitality during the sconvena . S \ 6. 0. P. WOMEN READY TO SHARE. IN RIGHTS Sit for First Time With Men in National Committee Meet- ing Friday. DELEGATES IRK OBGANIST Convention Hall Player Says Audi- ences Are Cold. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12—The ladies—God bless them—of the G. O. P. are having their very first meeting Wwith the man members of the Repub- lican national committee Friday—that Is o say, it is the first meeting as €quals. The Democratic women have been pounding thelr Republican sis- ters for the past three or four years because they had not won this com- Dplete recognition from their party Now the i O. P. ladies may point with all sorts of pride and no longer view with alarm. Their first act will be to elect Wil- liam M. Butier of Massachusetts as chairman of the committee to conduct the presidential campaign his i fitting, for it was Mr. Butler, acting for and in behaif of President Cool idge. who blocked all efforts to side track the emancipation pr mation for the women No inconsiderable number of the “old timers’ in the convention and on the old nationa committee were opposed to the idas of having two representatives o every state. They insisted it was juss as logical to have a man senator and a4 woman senator, a man governor and a woman governor, and, in the last analysis, a man President of th. United States and a woman Presiden! They argued that if a woman is en titled to one office just because she a woman, she should have an equal claim to every office in the land. he various state delegations al- ready had met and elected the man members of the new national com mittes, when the convention adopted the rule giving the women equal rep- resentation. Then they had to meet all over again to choose the ladies Inasmuch as there is no “color line drawn in the Republican party, ther Wwas some speculation at first as 1o what complications might ensue in the south where a state might select @ colored man as a member of the national committee. It was explain- ed, however, that this bridge alreadsy had been crossed. For a number of years Georgia has been represented by a colored man, Henry Lincoin Johnson. When the national commit- tee adopted the policy of permitting women to become “associate” mem- bers of the committee, without a vete. the committee from Georgia named a colored woman to the place. This precedent apparently will be con- tinued, now that the women have full powers on the committee. When a brief telegraphio dispatch appeared in the Cleveland papers an- nouncing that President Coolidge had been meeting with his cabinet in Washington. everybody in Cleveland wondered what was meant by “cabi- net” There are ten members of Mr. Coolidge's official family. Exmotl eight of them have been in Clevelan: this week. So if he really wanted meet his cabinet, the President should have come to the convention cit The cabineteers in Cleveland were Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Postmaster General New, Secretary of the Interior Work, Attorney General Stone, Secretary of Labor Davis, Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace This left only two cabinet members for the President to play around with in Washington, to wit: Secretary of State Hughes and Secretary of Conf- merce Hoover. Even Mr. Hoover was present in Cleveland in spirit, for his vice presidential boom was one of the very first to arrive. The new Attorney General. Mr. Stone, was recognized by compara- tively few of the lobby crowds, On one occasion he shook hands warmiy with a senator. When he had turned away the senator asked a newspaper man who was the stranger. When told it was “just a cabinet member." the senator remarked, “Oh, yes.” and nonchalantiy let it go at that. Will H. Hays final arrived at tho convention Wednesday evening. and was among those present on the v front row of the stage. As a forme chairman of the national committ Mr. Hays was entitled to the privic leges of the convention and all tho free entertainment he desired. H appeared happy to be just an on- looker this time. Four vears ago ho was spreading the gospel of the G O. P. with all the vim and vigor of Billy Sunday plus a college cheer lead: William Metcalf, the blind ergan:s of the convention. complained bitte today that he had never played t such unresponsive audicnces in all g his life. "“No snap to “em,” was the way he cxpressed it At the first evening session, which was decided! a gala oceasion to the thousands of spectators, Mr. Metcalf strutted all of his ' best stuff. He put more juzz through the pipes than any one ever thought an organ capable of. He ever played “‘Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here,” which sounded awfully solemn ocoming out of an organ He als played the “Sidewalks of New York. but ‘that's a Democratic song, and didn’'t get. a hand xie” found couple of southerners somewhere in the galleries willing to give vent to their approbation, but the rest of the selections “ran for Sweeney." . Great applause grected the first an- nouncement by Permanent Chairman Mondell that President Coolidge was listening-in at his radio set at the White House. This is the first time in history that a President, or any- body else for that maiter, could do that sort of thing. ¥very one won- dered if the President stuck to the earphones all the time Representa- tive Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin was reading the La Foilette platform to the convention ‘and moving Its adoption as a substitute for the one Mr. Coolidge himself had approved. If he did continue te listen-in, and didn’t get too much interference or static, the President must have been fairly startled by some of the radical proposals. Perhaps he enjoved the laughter which greeted some of the proposed planks, and perbaps he ap proved of the applause which wi given for the venerable Mr. Cooper his conclusion. The La Follette party could not have picked a better spokesman for its convention work. When Mr. Cooper arose to read the delegates of all the states and territories, except Wisconsin “out of the party he im- mediately won the respect and sym- pathy of the galleries. aud that was a great victroy for a man in his diffi- cult position. Already. there had bee plenty of calls to “throw ’‘em ouf every time there was a reference Lo the Wisconsin delcgation. There were a few cat calls at Mr. Cooper, but he soon caught or. and whenever Phil Campbell of Kansas, the parliamentarian of the conven- tion, tried to “shoo” Mr. Cooper closer to the radio microphones so his stuff would get across, the crowds mistook the move for an attempt to tell the speaker that his time was up. The galleries immediately de- manded that he be allowed to £o on. (Copyright, 1924.) For the first time in its histo Newton, Mass, Theological Institu- tion has just graduated a woman with the degree of doctor of divinity. Sheis Eunice G. Appleton of Jordan, N. Y., who has eompleted the four. year theological course and is also & Braduate of Syracuse Universigy,