Temporarily abandoning his traditional avoidance of prophecy, Pres: ident Coolidge told a friend to-day that he considered it almost certain that Mr. Herbert Hoover would be elected President in November.
He added that he intended personally actively to participate in the campaign on Mr. Hoover's behalf.
The President spent yesterday! poring over the preliminary Budget, estimates for 1930, when a $3,700,- 000,000 ix forecast, including $59,000,000 on national defence Jeompared with $620,000,000 for the} current year—Reuter.
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