GOV. COOLIDGE GRATEFUL FOR UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANCE

Governor Calvin Coolidge yesterday issued a statement addressed to the University undergraduates thanking them for their services during the recent police strike, and urging them to support the officers of the state in their efforts to enforce law and order now and in the future. The complete text of the statement, given out at the State Capitol, follows:

"The support given to the Common wealth by the Faculty and students of Harvard University during the recent emergency is most gratifying. It was pleasant to be told that the call for volunteers to fill the places left vacant by the striking policemen was immediately answered by several score of Harvard undergrauates many of them but recently returned from service in the army and navy in our war with Germany. They did not hesitate to again offer themselves in the support of law and order when the welfare of the public required their services.

"There is need of more than physical service for our Commonwealth in time of disorder. Harvard will lead the way, as she has many times in the past, and mould a public opinion that will make impossible a recurrence of riot and anarchy in this state.

"Our nation relies upon the young men who are in the colleges, universities and places of learning in the United States to forever defeat the enemies of law and order by refusing to countenance or continue any acts of violence or unlawfulness. Any act which leaves the citizens of a great city helpless before a wave of crime is monstrous in its conception. Every loyal American must constantly combat the evil forces which seek to cause unrest in industry and to weaken our government.

"The students of Harvard do not sympathize with those who are seeking to lower the dignity and power of the state. The faith of Massachusetts is in them