Tag Archive for "Peru" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, August 25, 1930

December 11, 2020

Date: August 25, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Coolidge lays out his thinking as to when a revolution is acceptable and when it is not. (Original document available here) The reports of a revolution making headway in Peru are disquieting and discouraging. Revolutions have long been the curse of some sections south of the Rio Grande. […]

Press Conference, November 6, 1928

September 8, 2020

Date: November 6, 1928 Location: En route to Washington From Northampton (Original document available here) No final determination has been made about the Ambassador to England. While the probabilities seem to indicate that Ambassador Houghton will be chosen Senator, I suppose every prudent man knows that every election is uncertain. It may be that he […]

Press Conference, June 22, 1926

July 10, 2020

Date: June 22, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) Here is a suggestion that there ought to be a traffic policeman stationed permanently at the White House Treasury corner, as conditions there are very bad. I would be very glad to take that up with the proper authorities that have the disposition of […]

Press Conference, April 13, 1926

July 8, 2020

Date: April 13, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) Nothing has come to me in relation to some financial difficulties in Cuba, other than what I have seen in the press, so I don’t know of anything that is contemplated in relation to that situation on the part of our Government. If anything […]

Press Conference, December 26, 1924

June 17, 2020

Date: December 26, 1924 Location: Washington D.C. (Original document available here) I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Thank you sir. I am giving my personal attention to the Tacni-Rica boundry case between Chile and Peru, of course with the assistance of the State Department. There haven’t been any further developments in relation to […]