Show fiRST BIG B TEST Will COME to COOLIDGE IN II ADDRESS TO CON WESS ESS President on Threshold of One of Most Momentous Hours Power and Disaster Disaster Dis Dis- aster in Balance By LAWRENCE MARTIN United Lh Press Staff Correspondent W WASHINGTON ASHI Dec Dec 3 dent stood today on on the threshold of one of the most momentous momentous momentous mo mo- hours of ot his life Upon the convenIng of the Sixty Sixty- eighth congress to today ay may enay He lie great honors for Mr Coolidge and arld i continued power for forthe the party that 1 ho lie i ads eads or he ma may meet disaster for both the presidency and the party in the happenings of the next few weeks It depends on Mr II Coolidge more moretha I tha any other man He lIe meets his first big test as president Upon his first message to be delivered as soon as the two hou houses es are organized organized or or- congress s an and b country will form their estimate of him He lIe has been silent When Then congress congress contress con con- gress tress meets he can be silent no longer f The president is ready His message message mes mes- sage has been completed Arrangements Arrangements Arrangements Ar Ar- have been ma made e to give It the widest publicity upon the day of its delivery Confidential text has been cabled to American embassies in Paris and London by bythe bythe bythe the state department to be released released released re- re leased when the message Is ered He lie will read the message son to to an audience which it is estimated es- es es estimated es- es I may number for forit forit forit it will be by radio from the hall ball of the house of representatives representatives representatives rep rep- where president will address the house and senate In joint session n ft No o message was ever eer awaited with keener interest by the coun coun- I try Mr came Into office promising to carry out the policies of the late President Harding HavIng Haying Hav Hay Having ing said that he became silent He has refused to disclose himself The country has been keyed up to a seldom equaled pitch of expectancy for two reasons 1 1 A desire to know whether the famous Coolidge silence clo cloaks I s In Indecision Indecision indecision in- in decision on great questions or 01 Is simply the reticence or a man who cannot be drawn into speech until he Is ready to speak 2 2 A desire to how and to h he y carrr ut the Harding policies to what extent he will Initiate new ones and how he will vIll cope with the troublesome problems of the day The message will be the first then will wUl come corne the harder one of handling congress It is a c congress con congress con con- nI n- n gress that threatens to tt open in an I I unruly fashion with progressives in both houses aggressive and in the house at least threatening to prevent prevent pre pre- I yen vent t organization indefinitely Whatever effect the message pro pro- i I duces the real results so far as asI I 1 Mr Coolidge personally and the thet t i i fortunes of his party are concerned I will be based on the development I Itha I I tha follows Effects of ofa a presidential j I message evaporate quickly i j Congress goes on from day to day I I month- month to month coincident with i the campaign People forget forgee a message they pet et no chance to toi i I forget congress |