Mr. Coolidge's Week

Mr. Coolidge's Week

The President:

P: Celebrated (together with Mrs. Coolidge) the 18th anniversary of their marriage, which took place at Burlington, Vt., Oct. 4, 1905.

P: Wrote to the Western Tariff Association meeting at Denver, Colo.: " I think it can fairly be said that there has never been a period in our country's history when so little of sectional interest entered into the consideration of this question [the tariff]. The obvious necessity for maintaining a proper measure of protection to American industry and production in the face of chaotic industrial conditions following the War has unquestionably brought us nearer to a national solidarity on this issue."

P: Received tickets to the World Series baseball games in New York City, which Secretary Slemp acknowledged with thanks, but with no intimation that Mr. Coolidge would attend.

P: Addressed delegates of the World's Dairy Congress from the south portico of the White House, saying: " We read that even in the days of Abraham the keeping and tending of flocks and herds was not new, but was well established. Your presence here indicates especially the importance that this industry has attained. . . ." As the President spoke Laddie Buck and Peter Pan, Presidential terriers, sent up a duet of yelps from their kennels immediately beneath the south portico. William Jackson, Negro kennel master, silenced one of them, but the other continued his serenade.

P: I Invited to lunch at the White House the Legislative Committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation and heard their desires: no Federal price fixing; no extra session of Congress; an excess profits tax, if more revenue is needed; Muscle Shoals for Henry Ford and fertilizer.

P: Held his first military review as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the U. S. when the Fifth Regiment of Marines marched through the White House grounds following the annual maneuvers of the East Coast Expeditionary Force.

P: Called a conference of Governors to meet on Oct. 20 at the White House. The Attorney General and the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor will explain to the Governors their views on cooperation in enforcement of the prohibition, immigration and antinarcotic laws. Since Oct. 20 is a Saturday and the Governors will first meet the President at lunch, it is not expected that the conference will last more than half a day or that any elaborate plans will be undertaken.

P: Gave out word that he was opposed to the cancellation of Allied War Debts to the U. S., but favored settlement on easy terms similar to those accorded to Great Britain.

--! Received a call from Senator Magnus Johnson from Minnesota, after which the Senator was quoted as having told reporters: "Now boys, I ain't got anything much to say to you now. President Coolidge, he made a fine impression with me. And that's about all I got to say."

P: Took a Saturday afternoon cruise on the Potomac aboard the Mayflower, accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs. Capper (wife of the Senator from Kansas), Mrs. Gann (sister of Senator Curtis, also of Kansas) and Charles G. Washburn, a former Representative from Massachusetts.