16 JUNE 1928, Page 2

Up to the last moment before the Convention met there

were many delegates who seriously thought that it would still bg possible to " draft " Mr. Coolidge for another term. That hope rapidly faded. It had to be acknowledged not only that Mr. Coolidge was fixed in his decision not to stand again, but that he actively favoured Mr. Hoover. It was significant that on Tuesday Mr. Mellon came over to Mr. Hoover's side, and even Senator Curtis, of Kansas, one of the ringleaders of the "Stop Hoover" movement, did the same thing. The Special Correspondent of the Times says that if Mr. Hoover should be chosen as the Republican candidate he will organize the party for victory and will do it more brilliantly than any man of recent times.