Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-23 | Page 1 | Work Favors Coolidge for Race in 1924

WORKFAVORS GQQLIDGE FOR r RACE IH 1824 : , -' , " - ' , Secretary of Interior, in Letter to Denrer Friend, f Advocates Nomtnattion of New Pretident ta PARtY LEADERS . V BACK CANDIDATE ' Member of Cabinet Confident Confi-dent Incumbent Will Be ElectecfNext Year; Hat Praise for Qualifications DENVBR. Coto, Au." ll-Ha-vert Work, secretary of tha In- . terlor, in a letter written to a political poli-tical friend hero and made public hero today, advocates tha Domination Domina-tion of President Coolldre la lt!4 and prodlets the president's eleo-tlon eleo-tlon will follow. Secretary Work is tha first member at the cabinet to announce himself In favor of tha J (resident's - nomination aa Repub-lesn Repub-lesn standard -bearer next year. "Now that tha Changs of administrator admin-istrator of tha government has bean affected, thouabttul men are dlscusslnc - tha rat are." rsada tha letter from Secretary Work, s 'There eeems ta ha no dlaasree-' dlaasree-' ment amons; party leads re hero In Washington, nor those whs have been In from outside during the peat eroek as to tha wisdom of closing up our ranks behind tha new president as tha party candidate. candi-date. If ha will consents tha public pub-lic already appreeiatea hla quality and I am aura hla election would follow. "Hs ha Inherited: the Harding .administration and pallelea and. logically, should be aupported for 3 the nomination, precisely aa hla y predeceeaor would hava been had f he livedo -. : "Perhaps pa man In tha TTnltsd Btatea la aa well qualified) by temperament tem-perament and experience for tha - duties . of a tha preeldeney. npoa short notice, aa President Coolidga. "He haa been cloeer to his president presi-dent than an previous vise presl- dent and 11 aa Intlmatsly advised of .our foreign anl domsatla relatione rela-tione sad tha procedure and hopes .of President Harding aa members of tha cabinet, with whoa be. sal for two year.- . . COXCORD. K. H. Aug. M Firat Aaeiatant Postmaster General Gen-eral John H. Bartlett. Issued a statement hers today announcing himself aa a candidate . for delegsta to: tha Republican national na-tional convention next ' year 'and definitely pledging himself to support sup-port Calvin Coolidga for tha presidency. presi-dency. . '. - . . ,