Image 3 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), April 23, 1925

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jjiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiirii I Our Washington Letter s imiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimmiiiiimiiimimniiimimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiimiiii By the National Editorial Association Special to The Herald The Old Question of The President and Press Washington April 14There is a question going the rounds of offic ial Washington which will interest every newspaper reader Will the president discontinue the semiweek ly conferences with newspaper cor respondtns To the world at large this matter at first glance is of rela tively little importance yet a thor ough examination of the facts in the case show the far reaching import ance of the subject It required a fish story to bring to a head discussion which has been go ing on beneath the surface president has made tno definite an nouncement as to his policy Those who know Mr Coolidge best say that he would not resort to such a drastic The method He knows just how import ant the newspapers are in the form ation of public opinion and he is not a man to take chances with ex periments especially when some of his predecessors experiences are fresh ip his mind Briefly the situation which is now claiming unusual attention in Wash ington deals with the interpretation of newspaper accounts