Date: June 26, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Frequently unjustifiable complaints are made concerning the conduct of public utilities engaged in the power and light business. Usually the complaint is not against the company itself, its service or rates, but against what the owners of its securities have done with them. The company […]
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Date: January 29, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) We are very far from solving all our problems of government. We can feel fairly secure about our national government. Many unsound proposals will be made in it, but they will not often prevail. Our state governments are generally satisfactory. Sometimes they are too radical, […]
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Date: April 12, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I expect to make an appointment during the recess of a judge in the Northern California District, but no one has been agreed upon out there yet, so I don’t know when the appointment can be made. As we have every expectation that the […]
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Title: Address of President Coolidge Before the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Date: April 16, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: President Calvin Coolidge Address to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Madame President General: Because this society is a patriotic organization formed to perpetuate the principles established by the […]
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Title: Dedication of the New Mexico Stone in the Washington Monument Date: December 2, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. Fellow Citizens: The service we have gathered to perform this afternoon is of deep significance. We are to dedicate the stone which New Mexico has embodied in this noble monument. It represents not only the tribute of […]
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