Show S I ICO CO COAL L STRIKE PARt PARLEY HAS BEARING BEARING UPON PRESIDENCY Pinchot's Friends Surprised and Pleased When i r Coolidge Perhaps Wisely steps Aside I and Lets Pennsylvania Executive Executive Executive tive Go Into Limelight By Br ROBERT T SMALL Copyright 1923 1928 WASHINGTON Sept IThe 1 I The e national capitol hat has had it Its eyes eyon on Pennsylvania the past week because In some way 02 other It seems to be b agreed agreed here that the cod coat strike negotiations are going to have a n distinct bear bear- bearIn bearIng Ing In Inon on the next presidency It was said soon after Atter President Preside t Coolidge took the oath of ot that his lIs handling of ot the tho threaten threaten- threatened threatened ed strike situation In the hard coal coalfield I field might have much to do with the question as to whether or not I he would succeed himself In the White House It was pointed out outi i that Mr Coolidge had first come Into national fame through handling of ot the tho police strike In Boston The public recognition given him for the part ho pia placed ed In that strike won for tor him the Ice presidential nomination at nt Chicago In 1920 and placed him In line for tor torI I hi hil present position of ot Influence I and power It seemed that the tho fate tate whIch I him to the White House was to be kinder still In provid provid- providing providing ing thus early In his administration tion another strike of ot national Ira Ira- importance Im Importance In which he might once more play the strong hand band and win the favor tavor of ot the people COOLIDGE srm ASIDE virtually di- di directing di dl directing Jr r Coolidge wa was wu the coal strike negotiations through the medium of ot the na fla national coal commission when hen there came a 8 shift Mr Coolidge step step- stepped stepped stopped ped aside and nd gave Pin Pin- Pinchot Pin Pin-chot chot governor of ot Pennsylvania and unquestioned aspirant tor for the presidency the center ot of the stage There has been much discussion pro and con as a to how the Pinchot episode came about but It Is fair fair- fairly 13 1 ly well welt settled now that the gov gov- governor gov- gov governor governor asked ked If It he might not be given an opportunity to settle the contro controversy In Inasmuch much as the anthracite Industry was confined entirely to his state President Coolidge evidently was Impressed by the reasonableness ot of ofa o a the plea tor for state Intervention be- be before before tore fore the national government should act In any event he told the governor go to go ahead and nd see what he could do The friends ot of othe the governor not to say aay the gov- gov governor governor governor himself were delighted with the situation Frankly they had hadnot hadnot ha hanot not expected so 10 favorable an an- an ans aneer s eer er to the request here In Wash Wash- WashIngton WashIngton WashIngton Ington Before man many days had bad ha 1 passed ased theY were amazed that President Coolidge would BO so thor thor- thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly efface himself In a situa- situa situation lion tion which might have been turned turne so thoroughly to his own political advantage BITES OFF BIG DIG CHUNK Ot Of course the friends of ot Gover Gover- Governor Governor Governor nor Pinchot realized that he wu was biting oft off quite a Il large chunk In tackling the anthracite situation after the deadlock had become so adamant as to defy the best ef- ef efforts ef efforts forts of ot the federal coal commis commis- commission commission sion slon They realized that the governor might get his fingers burned and they were conscious that there might have been some somo such feel teel- feelIng feel feeling ing prevailing In Washington when Mr Pinchot undertook the job At the same time It was real real- realIzed realized real realized that Governor Pinchot bad everything to gain and nothing to lose through his attempt to bring the warring miners minere and operators op together In failure he would get credit tor for at lust least attempting the sob job In success he would be a big factor In national politics In the circumstances It 11 I Is per per- perfectly natural that throughout the J proceedings at Harrisburg the tho gov gov- governor's gov- gov governors governor's enemies should accuse hIm of It playing playing- politics and of ot attempt attempt- ing tag attempting to force torce an unequal settle settle ment on the anthracite opera opera- operators operators tore tors Politics Politic Is a great game gamo In 1 Pennsylvania It Is la all aU year round sport Th The ThC death of ot Boss Pen Pen- Penrose Penrose rose left lett a Il sort of ot tree all tIght fight within the Republican party Golf Gov- Governor Pinchot has hu the whip hAnd at the tho moment but hut there are plen plen- plenty plen- plen plenty ty of ot factions against him HIS Bus ENEMY One of ot Mr Pinchot's enemies ii Senator Pepper Ho Ire He and Mr PIn PIn- PInchot Pinchot Pin ISI chot always have been political adversaries They see and think along entirely different lines Mr epper was IlS as counsel for Secretary Dallinger Ballinger In the famous Balling Balling- Ballinger er controversy during the Tart Taft administration Many of ot Mr Pepper s a friends have Ve been urging I him upon President Coolidge as a I the one man In penns Pennsylvania who could bring brine the miners and opera opera- operators operators tors tore completely together I Be lie that as It may the enemIes of ot Governor Pinchot have bees been bee that his proposals to the th I miners and operators were re- re reI I allt political politic speeches calculated to catch the favor of ot the tho people They say that even among his friends the tho addresses to tho the coal conference were referred to as and were considered AS ASto asto ato to their political effect The governors governor's friends frienda resent these aspersions They say the governors governor's mind always has gone Along with the tho tho underdog and that thain In negotiations has hu be- be belie lie ed the miner to be the tho canine In question It is certainly true that with the remo al of ot the anthracite negotiations from Atlantic City New York Tork and Washington to Harrisburg the th case cue of ot the miners took on new no life They are being generallY blamed at Atlantic City for tor their refusal to arbitrate their differ differ- differences The operators on the oth other r hand were being praised for tor their conciliatory attitude After he had heard beard tho the case cue In Harrisburg Governor Pinchot for tor- formulated for formulated a clan which most of ot tho Important principles ot of the miners contention and took no special note of ot the claims ot of othe the operators That Is why his enemIes accused him of ot playing politics They said that nobodY loved an operator because he rep rep- represented represented represented resented the tha capitalistic group They said uld that Governor Pinchot exalted the miner and condemned the operators for many of ot the th i faults In their I stem 1 President Coolidge's friends here herein henIn I In Washington have learned there are more sides to a fuel tuel controy- controy controversy controversy ersy than to a policeman's strike and perhaps the tho experiences ot of Governor Pinchot with his pout pout- Ical politIcal critics have gWen given them more mor confidence than e ever eer er In the silent sage of ot Northampton 00 |