Show Coolidge Talks He Chooses Not NotT T Be Candidate Reporters Thunderstruck When President Calls Cas Them in inand inand inand and Hands Each a Slip of Paper Containing Pertin Pertin- Pertinent ent Statement That Causes Sensation in Political Circles Closest Friends Surprised Nation Chief Seems to Enjoy Startling Effect of His Declaration RAPID CITY S. S D. D Aup aug u 2 By By The Thc Associated Press 1 President Coolidge today issued a n statement saying sa ing I II U I do not choose to run for president in 1928 1 The statement which was typewritten on small pieces of o paper was handed out by b the thc president on the fourth anniversary anniversary sary of his lila becoming chief executive c of the thc United States without comment Mr Coolidge e had asked newspaper newspapermen neO SP men to see sec him at 12 o'clock today Until a minute or two before there was not the slightest knowledge among the presidential staff as to what would occur at the conference Shortly before 12 o'clock Mr Cool Cool- Coolidge CoolIdge CoolIdge idge sent for h to h personal stenographer er Edwin Geiser Geeser and dictated the brief message which was then tran tran- transcribed transcribed transcribed scribed onto small pieces of paper by typewriter After Alter the newspapermen ne had come into the room the president asked them to file past him He handed hande each the small slip of paper with the The paper had been folded by him SAID 10 ENOUGH Newspapermen stopped to ask ask the I president if It there was any comment I and Mr Coolidge replied not The dash for telephones and telegraph I wires was as begun by the newspaper newspaper- men Besides the newspapermen there were in the room at the time Senator Capper a house guest of the president president dent Everett erett Sanders and Edward T. T I Clark his secretaries Colonel Blan- Blan Blanton Blanton ton Winship his military aide and Dr James P P. Koupal his physician No word was as spoken outside of Mr Coolidge asking if 1 every everyone one Is pres pres- present present ent and inquiry of newspapermen if there was anything more to say STATEMENT SURPRISES It is safe to say that the president counseled with no one in preparing i his startling announcement Those t closest to him in his official family had taken occasion on this day day day- the fourth anniversary ersary of Mr Cool Cool- Coolidge CoolIdge Coolidge idge taking the oath of office to office to express the private view that he would not make any statement of his plans for another term and would accept the nomination It If given ghen to him without expressing himself It was pointed out later by these same staunch supporters of the president president dent that the door to the nomination had not been closed by the state state- statement statement ment In the event of his selection by the convention There Is scarcely sc anything the pres pros president presIdent ident might have said which could have hare surprised those with him more The manner In tn which he made his announcement was almos amos as spec spec- spectacular as the statement Itself Not more than a dozen words were ex exchanged ex- ex exchanged changed during the entire conference As the newspapermen filed into th the presidents president's private office he sat look- look lookIng lookIng looking Ing up up to them smoking a cigar held in an ivory holder and with Just a trace of a smile lighting up his face lace He Hc rose before all had entered but seeing that more were w re coming In in he paused and then asked Is every every- everyone everyone everyone one here now He was assured that all were pres pros ent mt HANDS THEM TIIE I OUT Then Mr Coolidge walked to the end of the long mahogany table which Is his desk and stood there for fora a moment a pile of the little folded papers In his hand Will you please file past me here he said saidI saidI I have hare a little statement for your you ou The line quickly formed and as each filed by he was handed one of the statements by Mr Coolidge No sooner had they been given them they were opened opener A look of com com- complete complete amazement spread over the Continued on Pa Pare Page ft Two SAYS HE WONT WON'T RUN RU Continued From Page rare One correspondents' correspondents faces Those Thoe who ho had hadnot hadnot hadnot not yet et received their folded paper looked almost pleadingly at those hose ahead as If for some ray of light as asto asto to what it disclosed Immediately after Issuing his statement the president put on his hat and overcoat and smiling broadly broad broad- ly apparently at the consternation had caused among his ius newspaper u nov H friends walked with Senator Capper of Kansas a lite House guest to his automobile A large crowd as Is usual upon the presidents president's departure had gath gath- gathered gathered gathered ered and as Mr air Coolidge walked down the steps to his car he smiled continually Stepping Into his car he sank back Into the cushions still with a broad smile and nodded to an acquaintance who stood close by Senator Capper followed him Into the car the first one to obtain the presidents president's reaction after having ha issued his statement Senator Norbeck of South Dakota was also present He had come to the executive offices to tl present some friends but loitered expectantly with the rest when the word was given out that there would be a statement |