Tag Archive for "Commerce" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, November 24, 1930

January 26, 2021

Date: November 24, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The national and state governments are nearly a unit in their expressed desire to promote a revival of business. Probably as soon as Legislatures meet they will propose remedies for much business with which they are not now connected. Before taking jurisdiction over other […]

Address Before the American Association of Advertising Agencies

September 18, 2020

Title: Address Before the American Association of Advertising Agencies Date: October 27, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coolidge speaks of the high quality of American life and how it is dependent on its business, commerce and trade Members of the Association: Sometimes it seems as though our generation fails to give the proper estimate and […]

Press Conference, January 14, 1927

August 27, 2020

Date: January 14, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) Chairman O’Connor of the shipping board came in this morning to talk to me about the possibility of transferring to the Shipping Board some of the transports that are used by the Army and Navy. I understood his idea to be that if the […]

Press Conference, August 13, 1926

July 23, 2020

Date: August 13, 1926 Location: White Pine Camp – Paul Smiths, NY (Original document available here) Mr. Hoover and I didn’t discuss to any extent the possibilities of the development of commercial aviation. The immediate question before the Department is the carrying out of the provisions recently enacted into law. It has mostly to do […]

Press Conference, August 25, 1925

June 17, 2020

Date: August 25, 1925 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I don’t know whether I can get down to Plymouth or not. I wanted to get down there, but it is doubtful whether I can make it with all the things that are coming up here and the engagements that I have to confer […]