| Show i o 1 t sr 2 i 1 F d J 1 I I J Y At At A t t he- he t Helm o tue 1 4 r r i Co Cool d C L aig I IL r NE LIVED K J I n NESA I r. r THE r Mere's Meres filer e s an an Intimate caN E Ip KE I 4 Close Up lose Up of f ti 4 s 1 William M M. Butler i J 1 the New E England land r j j c c ll Mill ill Owner Wh Whom m th the the fl j Like the President Pres- Pres P President J eSl d en tIT n Has as Chosen l. dent Mr Butler j t was a member of the they y political school of the theas as aS His U. U Personal Persona D 1 t. t which late Murray taciturnity Crane Crane- was in a cardinal virtue virtue little little talk but r R Representative t for lots of thought and action And q a lV lor the President has carried this his J oJ x trait of reserve in speech with with- f This Years dears IT him into the White House so sois b s I ears t I 4 s. s f is Butler holding his tongue r in keeping with the old adage Political Tourney To I I that Silence is is golden l s BuU Butler r quit running f for r office and became b I an adviser but recently he became candidate candi candi- v c. c 4 4 date for the tho United States Senate ia fa fay it opposition to David I. I Walsh y y L 4 y 4 x 1 f Z e r 5 S f What is your avocation Mr Butler But But- J a wr y l M ler lor 1 the reporter asked 1 So 1 j l y r d Avocation 1 asked the business man 5 4 S Yes do you play golf f o Seldom and poorly He Ho chuckled J Y s tS w t s I III like the water he volunteered i Swimming Yachting If 4 Belong to a club 1 1 2 Yes New York and Eastern In t. t 4 F Got a yacht 1 I. I r Yes the 1 k o. o n k I t n d 4 c 4 How bigat biga big d t 4 1 A r About one hundred feet s j J e Race her x r. r a 1 5 5 No IINo No cruise up and down the coast a 5 t Florida ilS il L t off shore 4 S S R I No 4 s Much r 4 t a z 5 No No haven't haven't had time young man a Too Busy Busy Busy-ab ah too busy busy busy- He heal hesi 4 S F y Too busy keeping the wolf welt away i S. S t n J 4 F 4 from the tho door no doubt 1 54 Another chuckle y tYes t- t y 4 8 rs I Yes that's it it 1 x 1 t So So you think Calvin Coolidge it if 55 1 4 t i S ki It I r b J r P be HY Y should Calvin Coolidge be W WHY elected President of the United States William M. M Butler of of Boston who will ill conduct the Coolidge campaign was was was' being interviewed A reporter had asked the question a broad question to be sure but after all as as he explained ined to Butler Butler- the very one the entire Nation would call calI upon him himo to o answer answer- Butler smiled j The Tho answer answer is' is is obvious was his his' reaction n. n That was all William M. M Butler Buller is not unlike Calvin Coolidge conversationally He lIe does docs however howe laugh more readily He volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- no information he gives s crate consideration to every question every question and answers tc tersely sely It is not a pose Its It's a habit perhaps habit perhaps a gift girt Who Vho is William M M. Butler 1 We know he is to be President Coolidge's CoolIdge's CoolIdge's Cool- Cool Idge's p personal r onal- onal representative in the coming or present presidential cam cam- Therefore he is a power he may have a direct influence on on your material welfare He is the Presidents President's maw What sort of man is he t William Morgan Butler is three sixty-three years rears old During these years out of the wealth of your our experience said the tho reporter must have reached certain certain certain tain definite conclusions regarding the truths of l life e. e What is the one great rule for success 1 Work Vork To date the interview totaled five W words He wasn't stand-offish stand he wasn't ill- ill 1 5 h 4 S Z 1 t Y During the meeting of the Republican National Committee in Washington men high in the councils of their party naturally t drew drev together and in the etching are shown from right to left 4 Frank FrankW W. W Sterns of Boston Mass Mr A Adams ams chairman 1 Fred Upham of Chicago and Mr Butler the Presidents President's campaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager 5 tempered To To the contrary h he he was genial arid and a d courteous Its It's his way way that's all s He is is- wealthy On the door of of- his office in a new building at 77 Franklin street Boston are the names of mills mills mills and combinations of mil mills s. s By profession he Is an attorney His vast Yat interests have to do with cotton mills He works He had leis lu's coat off even now nov Physically too too- he is a big man not particularly stout but but heavy He lIe is vigorous s and his appearance appearance sp spells good health Perhaps it is not accurate to say that he laughs readily He chuckles chuckle you'd rather m like e him for that It is isa isa isa a wholesome sort of chuckle He was was born in New Bedford Mass where men used to go down to the sea in ships scouring scouring- the far l places laces for for whale Were you ou ever er poor he was asked My y father was a Methodist minister minister minister minis minis- ter guess that answers the question he responded TIlE Butlers are not newcomers to New England William Morgan l Butler is descended lineally irom Thomas Butler who came to L Lynn nn Mass in 1629 not quite years ears ago ado Along about 1637 the family moved to Sandwich on Cape Cod The Swifts Swits the big packers in Chicago came from Sandwich The unique personage persona c in in Sandwich today is Uncle George Mc- Mc La Laughlin ghlin lIe Ho is unique because he is isa isa isa a Democrat in Sandwich The Butlers were fairly well content with Sandwich for about years and the one of them Benjamin Butler absorbed the spirit of wanderlust and migrated at least two dozen miles to New Bedford The family remained th there re only years or so w when n old Benjamin But Butlers Butler's ers er's great-grandson great was born none other than our William Morgan Butler who now lives on Commonwealth Commonwealth Commonwealth Com Com- avenue Boston on the right side of ol Commonwealth avenue in a ahouse ahouse house hous with a low number as low as for fol instance Any Bostonian can cantell cantell cantell tell you what that means from a social and financial point of view In the summer he has a place at Marthas Martha's Vineyard t Much Much of of a place 1 asked the there re- re porter Oh a a- ahouse house and some land j Exactly Th There re is no doubt that William Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan Butler was comparatively a 8 poor boy After he had finished common school and before he started in at law school he worked as bookkeeper in a ht 19 1924 by r rut t f New Bedford mill At D that time he lived in ina t. t a sel selection tion of the city known know as Johnnycake J Hill Today he is one one of the wealthiest mill owners in America He Heis Heis Heis is interested also in railway transportation After his graduation graduation fro from law school he took hi his first fast step in politics He was elected a member of the New Bedford Bed ford City Council That was in 1886 In 1889 1889 he was elected to the Massachusetts Massa Mass Massachusetts House of Representatives and served six si years in ih the Legislature two t terms in the House 1891 1890 and four in the Senate the last two as president of that State body He lie was married July 15 16 1886 to Miss Miss' Minnie F. F Norton of Edgartown Mass f MR TV BUTLER has been married t twice vice 1 His second wife was Miss 1 Mary M. M r. r Webster of New Bedford whose family has lived in that city virtually virtually vir vir- as long as as the Butlers s She was vas Mr Butlers Butler's secretary prior to their marriage in 1906 Early in his career in the tho Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- House William M. M Butler was taken under the wing of the tho bile Letl Ledger r Co Company 5 S 4 ji 4 r 3 0 S Q u J I fn Members of the Republican National Committee were received by the President at the south portico of the White House In Inthe Inthe the foreground from left to right are J John onn T. T Adams chairman chairman chairman chair- chair man man Mrs Coolidge the President and Mrs Leonard Wood S 'S vice chairman of the committee committee 6 K late Murray Mu T y Crane former Senator from Massachusetts You'd hardly call Murray Crane a linguist Calvin Coolidge Coolidge Coolidge Cool Cool- idge was las another pupil of Crane These three have used few words during their important lives and those words have been chiefly Yes and No William M. M Butler Butler was was Murray Cranes Crane's attorney an and l personal representative representative representative for upward of if f twenty years During that time Butler became wealthy Today he has thousands of persons in his employ y You u beli believe oe in a high tariff 1 I believe in a high tariff That settled that About five twenty years ears ago Mr next the U United i ed States State 7 he vas was asked Sure he answered in of matter-of- x i fact tone one What is it in him that wins mento men mento a j to him He Ire has a warm heart and a sympathetic understanding Butler explained There were were countless other matters that tat could be discussed but the time tima was drawing to 8 a close One last question Mr Butler What quality in President Coolidge do you OU admire most of all 1 Two qualities Yes 1 Yes Sincerity rity and ability |
