The White Plouse Week

The White House Week

P: President Coolidge held a long conference with Charles M. Schwab, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bethlehem Steel Corp., which is complaining of the invasion by German steel of U. S. markets. Mr. Schwab said that the mills are running at more than 80% capacity, that the national steel production this year would go beyond 50,000,000 tons; but he declined to reveal any conversation on the subject of German steel. Next day, the Official Spokesman informed the press that the career of Mr. Schwab epitomized the opportunities of this Republic.

P: A pink rosebud, sent by President Coolidge by special messenger, was pinned to the coat of Detective Sergeant Arthur B. Scrivener as he was lowered into his grave at Winchester, Va. Sergeant Scrivener was shot by an unknown assassin in Washington a fortnight ago, on the day before he was to have been married.

P: The President and Mrs. Coolidge entertained Queen Marie, Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas of Rumania at the White House.

P: Breaking his campaign silence, President Coolidge made public a letter last week saying that both he and Mrs. Coolidge expected to go home to Northampton, Mass., to vote for Senator William J. Butler and Governor Alvan T. Fuller. Of Senator Butler he said: "He stands on the Senate floor independent, beholden to no one, a Senator of Massachusetts, serving the people in the public interests. His presence there is of great importance to me in my efforts to discharge the duties of my office." Well might President Coolidge break his silence, for Senator Butler's re-election is seriously threatened by David Ignatius Walsh.