Tag Archive for "sugar" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Press Conference, March 14, 1924

January 29, 2021

Date: March 14, 1924 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) Here is a suggestion that I discuss the appeal of the United States Sugar Association from the ruling of the Tariff Commission excluding the Philippine Islands from thepending investigation into the tariff on sugar. That is a matter about which I don’t happen to have any […]

Press Conference, May 11, 1926

July 7, 2020

Date: May 11, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I haven’t made any final decision about my summer vacation. I am going to take that up as soon as I can. A number of places, as the conference already knows, have been suggested. I am considering them. I think I already stated that […]

Press Conference, November 21, 1924

May 27, 2020

Date: November 21, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) There are no members of the Cabinet that are retiring. I stated my position about the publicity feature of the revenue bill last spring when I signed the act. I haven’t seen anything that would cause me to change my mind about some undesirable […]

Press Conference, September 23, 1924

May 21, 2020

Date: September 23, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I do not think that the report of General Wood that the Philippine sugar crop is 34% greater than last year would have any particular effect on the decision in relation to sugar duties. That indicates, I assume, the greater domestic production. I do […]

Press Conference, September 19, 1924

May 21, 2020

Date: September 19, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) Here is an inquiry asking for my opinion whether there will be any diplomatic intervention in China to prevent further spreading of the civil war. Of course, the Government has been taking such action as we thought necessary to protect American lives and property. […]