As the simply told story is read, the
feeling grows that there is in reality
little difference between the President
as he sees himself and the President
as the people see him. His own story
merely puts in concrets style opinions
that have been formed of the Chief
Executive by the people after ob
serving his official acts and reading
and listening to his addresses. An
effort has been made by political ene
mies of the President to make the peo
ple believe In a "Coolidge myth,” to
make them believe that the President
does not exist as they see him. The
simple truth of the matter is that
there is no Coolidge myth, there never
has l*een, and there never will be.
The conception which the peoplo
hold of the President is, first, that he is
honest; second, that he is frankly in
terested in the affairs of the average
American; third, that he Is a safe Ex
ecuttvg, not thrown out of his stride
by events or criticism, and fourth,
that he is thoroughly American in his
outlook upon life. Not ail the myth
erectors have been able to shake by*
one Jot the confidence of the people
or their belief in the President as they
aee him. The simplicity of the man
Is the chief obstacle to the efforts of ,
his opponents to destroy him.
In his interview the President cov- j
•rs a wide range of subjects. His
tribute to the women of the Nation in
general, and hi particular to Mrs.
