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Press Conference, July 1, 1927

August 20, 2020

Date: July 1, 1927 Location: Rapid City, SD I don’t think I have many appointments with people that are coming that have not already been given out. Representative Timberlake of Colorado and the Commander of the State Legion Post are coming in this afternoon. I expect they will be up at the House to dinner, […]

The High Place of Labor

August 4, 2020

Title: The High Place of Labor Date: September 1, 1924 Location: Washington D.C. Context: September 1, 1924 was Labor Day. This is an address to a group of labor leaders. Labor Day is more entitled than any other to be called a national holiday. Other holidays had their origin in state legislative action. Labor Day […]

Address at the Tenth Regular Meeting of the Business Organization of the Government

August 3, 2020

Title: Address at the Tenth Regular Meeting of the Business Organization of the Government Date: January 30, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: In the speech, President Coolidge describes its context as “the executive heads of the various departments and bureaus of the United States Government meet[ing] twice a year for receiving a report of the […]

Press Conference, March 2 1926

July 8, 2020

Date: March 2 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I have a number of questions this morning about the details of legislation. I made a public statement of my position in relation to legislation in my message to Congress, and if you want to know about my position on legislative matters I can’t […]

Press Conference, July 21, 1925

June 17, 2020

Date: July 21, 1925 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) There is little, if anything, that I can say about legislation that is likely to come before the next Congress. I haven’t given that any special thought. Of course it is before me in a general way all the time. I don’t know of […]