The Archive · 1924

The Republican Convention

June 17.

THE selection of President Coolidge for re-election and the nomination of General Dawes to the Vice-Presidency clearly @icates that the Republican arty goes to the country for an endorsement of the policies of President Harding and his successor, the present incumbent in that high office, That President Coolidge would be the banner-prevailing.

The unforeseen result of Rent Restriction was that capital sought more remunerative employment than there was to be found in house-building and the. ~shortage of houses was steadily accentuated, To remedy this state of things tthe Government. embarked on a policy of subsidizing house' building in Acts sponsored, in the Liberal Government, by Dr. Addison and, in the Conservative, by Mr. Neville bearer of this party was expected, since the nomination of any other person would have indicated an admission of error during the past administration and would have assured defeat for the Republican Party. President Coolidge has shown great force of character in his attitude toward many questions rising' during the unexpired term of President Harding. He has been called upon to continue policies which he had no hand in forming

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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