Show WHITE IWHITE HOUSE I SPOKESMAN TOBE TO TOBE TOBE BE DEr DEMOCRATS CHiEF TARGET Party Orators to Fire at Coolidge Through Nys- Nys Mys Mystery t tery rj- rj Mouthpiece DATA COLLECTED Warning arning of Political Becomes Campaign Material nv Ill T T r SMALL S Special i tit or J The t Standard 1111 Copyright 1326 1926 By Dy The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association WASHINGTON Feb leb 6 It It be- be beIns begIns pins bc-pins gIns Ins to look now as It if the tho White Whitehouse House spokesman may be b the Is- Is Issue issue Issue sue In Jn th next campaign The Democrats have been searching high and low how for an Issue these many months agone and at last they seem to think they have hae found one ono The fhe senate chamber has been ringing all week with denunciations ot of the spokesman and at his words Senator Senators and congressmen insist that th White House spokes spokes- spokesman spokesman man Is Ia none other than President President dent Coolidge himself but their statements cannot be officially d Newspaper men who Quote the ho he spokesman so freely and no so 1 0 often orien are re pledged not to reveal the source ot of their In In- In information formation QUESTIONED The Tho Washington correspondents are permitted 1 to see sec and to hear bear Coolidge twice a week They arc are permitted to submit to him through his secreta secretary certain certain tam tain In writing If It the questions are not dealt with by bythe bythe byth the spokesman they the arc are not to mention the fact f ct that such a question was asked and received no response The fact that most of ot the statements from the White House spokesman ap- ap appear ap appear J pear ear ar after er the semi semi- semiweekly weekly audiences audience ot of o the president may have con Ofed conveyed the Impression sion sion- Hill Hili that these statements conic come pretty direct from the chief executives executive's s 's own lips hips but that s 's snot not the fault of th the trust trust- trustworthy not worthy long lone years ear 11 It has been bt en the he rule In Washington that pres presidents prea- prea ident must never never be bo quoted di directly dl- dl by the newspaper men nen men Jt It Itis ItIs Is not considered correct for tor a caller to quote tho tle president or orto orto orto to repeat precisely w what bat the president dent na may may have ha stilled stated during a conversation ail n Presidents have In- In Insisted In Insisted aisted upon this protection Th They y yare are responsible Jle only for official statements Issued In an official wa way or for tor letters which bear their signature nY BY l WILSON The weekly semi-weekly conferences conference with newspaper nen men which is In vogue a ai the White While were started by President Wilson Pres Pres- PresIdent Pres- Pres PresIdent President ident Harding himself a news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper man started out by sub sub- submitting sub himself to be Interviewed with the sol sole understanding unde that he was wai not to be directly Quoted In tho thos o day cia days much use was made of the phrase It was learned atthe at atthe atthe the White House today There also were statements statement that those close to the president say aay so and so Mr hr Harding soon found that the he Interview system with the bars lee down allowed too loo much for questions which were asked solely to 10 embarrass Time time he would chide th the ot ot- ot offenders fenders fender among amoni the h correspondents by saying You Vou know that 1 Is not II a f fall fair lr question After nce several experiences of this sort ort Mr Har liar Harding ding In ed that all l questions be submitted In writing on slips of ot Continued On Page P ge Twelve 1 i vv WHITE HOUSE TO BE TARGET Continued From Page One paper parol lIe II carefully go BOover over o ali all these theme lips and once he hall had taken u up I a a subject tor for dis- dis discussion dis discussion be p permitted verbal erbal questions to make maite o er every point clear clar BECOMES FIXTURE When Mr MI Coolidge succeeded to the presidency he continued the i week a conferences conference with Ith the newspaper men and and- also contin contin- continued continued the written question system with still further restrictions Very often Mr Coolidge has ha Ignored all ull U the questions submitted and has baa talked to the correspondents upon some subjects objects which were ere foremost In his min mind 1 Instead of ot submitting himself himself- H te t questioning he has hIlS seen the tho newspaper men mento mento to 00 state slate certain facts and opinions which later have appeared In Inthe inthe inthe the public prints as emanating from irom the White House spokesman The spokesman has ome i-ome T being during durine the Coolidge regime and ld e evidently nUy i is Inte Intended as a 1 fix fix- fix fixture ture tore When the spokesman this week warned the thc country against political propaganda emanating from th the floor ot of o the house hous and senate several congressional camels backs wore cro broken and there followed Ad I s violent eruption For many moons the th Democratic senators and representatives had to listen to stat statements from the White House Honse spokesman without being I ble to shoot at tho the president president president dent The They hav wanted anted lo to at- at attack attack at attack tack Mr Coolidge on several oc- oc occasion oc casion but hut his written and of- of officials of officials words have hav been so 80 o corn corn- com comparatively few tew that target mater mater- materIal material ial lal has ha been blen exceedingly scarce Not so with the spoke spokesman man however howe He has lias hasa a II volubility which no one would a accredit to the silent and sequestered sequestered- prest- prest president den dent t SPOKESMAN r TARGET But Dut now lOW the spokesman Is Ison Ison Ison on the tho rack and much will be heard o him during the tho reo no- re remainder of the session of ot congress material will be collected for lor use In the congressional Congressional cl of ot the coming tall fall with the hope that It m may l e ever Into the tho tight fight ot of The Th Democrats ts are are- charging that Mr Ir Coolidge Is I at- at attacking at attacking tack tacking In them anonymously through that mysterious being the th spokes pokes man man Ind n l they are arc trying tooth and nail to smoke him out There probably will be no reply front the pr president hImself but the spokesman may have something to say lay on man many occasions |