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Address on the Eleventh Regular Meeting of the Business Organization on the Government

February 18, 2021

Title: Address on the Eleventh Regular Meeting of the Business Organization on the Government Date: June 21, 1926 Location: Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) The more these business meetings of the United States Government increase in number the more I am impressed with their surpassing importance. They are held for the purpose of discussing […]

Calvin Coolidge Says, February 18, 1931

December 17, 2020

Date: February 18, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Reducing national debt is more financially sound than reducing taxes. (Original document available here) We still have a small body of thought that considers the national debt has been reduced too fast. It is claimed that the surplus should have been applied to a reduction of taxes. By […]

Press Conference, March 18, 1927

July 22, 2020

Date: March 18, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) We are planning to participate in the Economic Conference. The Congress passed a bill authorizing an appropriation for that purpose, but the appropriation bill that was to make that appropriation didn’t pass. It isn’t a large matter, probably $12,000 or $l5,000 and can be […]