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Show Causes Sensation 1 i .tl'M lip I'ltKSIiDENT UOOLIDOE . IS COOLIDGE OUT? WONDER politicians; WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 (UP) Seasoned polilicians, some wilh ambitions am-bitions of their own or for friends, were wailing attentively today to catch the reaction from the start ling announcement of President Coolidge that he does not "choose" to stand for re-election ill 1P2S. AVhat did he mean by that brief, characteristic statement? The mystery' continued after a night of sleep, some of it manifestly manifest-ly troubled for aspiring Republican candidates who would waste no time in gelling their campaigns underway under-way if they thought President Coolidge Cool-idge were irrevocably out of the race. Some interpreted it that way. de-finllely. de-finllely. Many others viewed it as n "feeler" what is known to the practical politician as a "kite." Those who held to the latter view explained (hat. the president wants !o find out how the wind is blowing, whether his slrengtu is sufficient lo try for another term in the face of the "third term" tradition and whether there is any real strong sentiment against a "third term, so called. Senator Smool of Utah, an administration ad-ministration leader, stood speechless speech-less for several minutes, casting his eyes about Ihe walls of bis office, a's he mediated upon Ihe news brought Ii i in by a cors of newspa-uor newspa-uor correspondents who caught lnm as bo was-leaving to play golf. "The only way I can construe it is thai if the Republican convention iviinls him to run he will run. hut if left lo his personal choice he would nrefer not to." Smoot said, fiuallv. thus lining up with those who believe be-lieve the president is leaving the wav open, and will decide definitely definite-ly later. |