HARDING 'NOT AVERSE' TO AMENDMENT LIMITING PRESIDENT TO ONE SIX-YEAR TERM
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 23, 1922, David Lawrence reports in the Evening Star that President Warren G. Harding "is not averse to the enactment of a constitutional amendment limiting the chief executive of the United States to a single term of six years."
Representative W.R.Wood* (R-Indiana), who has introduced a proposal for such a constitutional change, was at the White House today but "refrained from discussing the suggestion with the President."
Mr. Lawrence suggests that even if such an amendment is enacted, it would not apply to President Harding's tenure in office. It is likely, however, in such case the President would "decline to be a candidate for renomination."
*William Robert Wood (1861-1933) was born in Oxford, Indiana & graduated University of Michigan law department, 1882. WRW served in the U.S. Congress 1915-1933.
JFK+50 NOTE
The question of WGH's re-election became mute with his premature death in 1923. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge finished out Harding's term and then was elected on his own in 1924. Mr. Coolidge declined to seek a second full term in 1928 saying...."I do not choose to run."
SOURCE
"Six-Year Term Idea Again In Limelight," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 23, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
