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Show COOK ASKS PRESS TO BACK . lllTlfSLiS Allegiance to Constitution and Obedience to Legislative Legis-lative Action Urged in A Note by .the President NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. Undivided allaglanee to th constitution con-stitution and unhesitating obedl-nc obedl-nc to leglalatlve action were urged upon th. press of the nation by President Coolldge In a letter V A. - Newmyer, prealdent of . the Southern Newspaper Puh- J Ushers'- association, mad publlo m ' here today. Tha presidents letter was In ' reply t. one written by Mr. New-myer, New-myer, who asked tha executive to send Mm a terse, exclusive mee-eaae mee-eaae for tha Southern publishers, broadly answering tha question as to how ths newspapers can beat serve tha federal government at k this time, as H waa personally V anxious to hare tha membership , of ths a.soclatloncooserata. with. the administration la every manner man-ner consistent with their Individual Indi-vidual policies. The letter to Mr. Newmver, who also la an official of tha New Orleans Item. foHowa: "My Dear Mr. Kewmyer; "Tour very kind message and tha general assurances which It contsins of support on tha part T of the newspapers of your association associa-tion haa been received. Every newspaper can be vary helpful In Ita aupport of tha government, whether It be atata or national. Fundamentally thia means alwaya making tha authority of the law supreme. It means undivided allegiance al-legiance to tha constitution and unhesitating obedience to legla-t legla-t Mtlve action mads In accordance with Ita provisions. "Constructive criticism Is always helpful. It keeps Institutions from becoming fossilised and falling Into decay. But constructive criticism does not' accomplish its purposs merely, by pointing out what la evil. It must not fall to direct attention, with more emphasis, to what la good. Our lnstitutlone. onr social organisation, our eeonomlo condition, are all of a quality and Quantity which are worthy of our highest admiration. I believe that It will be exceedingly helpful to publish sentiment if these prln- elples and ideata can be reiterated from time to time, Joined with a reverence for religion and an Inspiration In-spiration for better things. "Very truly yonra. "CALVIN COOLIDGE." |