Mr. Coolidge's policy is to adhere to the Permanent Court
of International Justice with the reservations that were laid down by President Harding ; to co-operate with Europe without entering into any entangling alliances, and to avoid any obligations under the League of Nations. He insisted, however, that there must be " no indifference to the rights and necessities of others." On Friday, June 13th, General C. G. Dawes, whose name is borne by the famous Dawes Report, was nomin- ated as the Republican candidate for the Vice-Presidency. Several names were put forward in accordance with the old tradition that the Vice-President must be a com- parative nobody who deserves some kind of compensation or consolation. In the end, however, the contest really lay between General Dawes and Mr. Hoover--who is by no means a nobody. The Times correspondent says that Mr. Burton, Congressman from Ohio, would have been more acceptable to the White House. In the official view, General Dawes, who is known as " Hell and Maria," is thought to be hardly discreet enough for these difficult times.
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