THE MICHIGAN DAILY TILT|Western Democrats ' "A Endorse Gov. Smith , B7! COOLIOO[' For Chief Executive 3 ,.w 1 dent Refuses To Comment Possibilities of Prospective General Reduction. 01 DEFENSE UNITY OPPOSED (Py Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-Based on cndlitions, income tax collections are alpected by presidenti Coolidge to be 'as high as last year, when a record 5lO40,000,000 treasury surplus was ac- cumulated, but he as yet is withhold- ing his opinion on the total amount of prospective tax reduction possible. The President also believes that the failure of the Geneva naval limitation conference will have little effect on the prospective action in the drafting of a naval cruiser program by Con- gress. Furthermore, he feels that the American's legion proposal for a uni- fied department of national defense is unfeasible because of opposition to it in the Army and Navy and in Con- gress.. Despite the large income tax returns Mr. Coolidge has been stressing in his discussIons of tax revision to members of Congress that the collection of non- recurrent items by the t'reasury has aided materially in producing a large surplus last year but that these items cannot be counted upon in the future. Administration leaders previously have asserted that they had made a reliminary estimate of a tax slash of $300,000,000.' Even if the Geneva armament pact' had been consummated, it was pointed out at the White House, the United States would still. be faced with the necessity of building up the cruiser fleet and the President expects work to proceed on the cruiser program at the new session. The president is said to feel that it would make little difference whether the present two. department systems of administering the Army and Navy Was continued o a unified department of national defense was established. It was shown that both the Army and Navy were unified in the case of and if ;they were put together it would mean two assistant secretar- ies- to run each' serviCe much as the present system. The White House made no mention of an independent air proposal which was fostered by Col. William Mitchell, fotmer assistant Chief of army air service, at the Paris cAlyVention of tte legion in connecton with a unified ntitonal defense plan. The Mssiss4pp river flood control program, Mr. Coolidge intends to leave in the hanr t t'he river flood com- mission an , ittees of the devas- tated states. T agencies are pre- paring a rg "which is expected to be complet 4. 15 and the Presi- dent will im them to go straight to Congress with their views for legis- lation. BUREAU AR RANGES STAT ITICS POOL Organizatin of a pool for exchang- ing personnet tatistics among Michi- gan manufacturers was begun this summer by tie Bureau of Busi- ness Research of the School of Business Administration, and has met with unusual success. By means* of this service, dealing with labor turnover in the state of Michi- gan, manufacturers will be able to compare their own performances with other state firms taken as a whole, with other firms in their own indus- try, with others- in their own district, and with the figures representing the situation in the United States as a whole. POPE EXCORIATES BOXING CON TESTS (By Associated Pess) ROME, Sept. 24.-The Tunney- Dempsey match of last night is looked upon by Observatore Romano, official Vatican organ, "as a serious and un- civilized struggle" which was far more hurtful in effect upon the general pub- lic than previous boxing matches. "Around this manifestation of, a kind of sport which we have not failed to criticizeon previous occasions be- cause we caisider it one of the most obvious incongruities of modern civi- lization," the paper says, "the world press has staged ,a fictitious, morbid apparatus of exaggerated publicity. Fantastic figures, record - breaking crowds, the sums wagered, the special editions of the newspapers, etc.-here is the budget of a few minutes' strug- gle between two men. We deny that this is an ordinary affair, normal to the affairs of human r:ogress." (ly Assowiated Pres) OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 24.-With the indorsement of Gov. Al Smith of NewI York as a candidate for the Demo-! cratic lpresidential nomination adopled over opposaiion of Utah delegates, party workers froin seven Western states, in conference here, today turned to dlis ussioni of plans to bring about unity in the West. :=;mllon~ed by an invitation from Fred W. Johnson, of Wyoming to "dis- cuss big problems of the party," ihe conference organ izat ion was perfectedi Friday. ihl committee on the order of bursiness idiniediately offered a reso- lit-ion indorsing Governor Smith. Governor Smith was described in th'a resolution as "the most available candidate mentone1 ror the nomina- tion for p1resident." After stating that i there was "no (esue to usurp in the least the duties and prerogatives of the Democratic organizations of these states," the conuniltee urged discus-, sion of the resolution be given pri- o'ity over other business. Opposed by Urancisco. L. H. Francisco of San Diego, Cal., self-announced candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, was the first to oppose th'e indorse- ment of Governor Smith. Tie said he believed such action would be prema- ture. Francisco, who was not accepted= as a delegate, had some difficulty in gaining recognition. John H. Moyle, Democratic national conmitteeman from Utah, objected to the resolution because he declared it did not represent the sentiment in his state. "Neither are, you from your repre- sentative states expressing the senti- ment of your states," Moyle said. 'So why kid yourselves and try to tell the East there is a great wave of senti- ment in the West for Al Smith for president. "However, for me to express further opposition to the proposed resolution would be out of harmony and inappro- priate. In time I nay be for him. I be- lieve he is a progressive and perhaps' understands the problems of the West as neither Cleveland nor Wilson un- derstood them." Sees Foe in Hughes. Judge Joshua Greenwood of Salt Lake City said he doubted that Gover- nor Smith would carry his own state if the Republicans nominated Charles E. Hughes. The .resolution was then adopte'd with representatives present from Idaho, Montana, Colorado, California, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. 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