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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 […]

Fifth Annual Message

October 29, 2020

Title: Fifth Annual Message Date: December 6, 1927 Location: Washington D.C. Members of the Congress: It is gratifying to report that for the fourth consecutive year the state of the Union in general is good. We are at peace. The country as a whole has had a prosperity never exceeded. Wages are at their highest […]

Press Conference, March 23, 1928

October 23, 2020

Date: March 23, 1928 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) I don’t know of any connection between the possibility of the construction of one or two new vessels by the Panama Railroad S. S. Line and construction by the Shipping Board. This Panama line is one used entirely by the War Dept. for the […]

Press Conference, May 17, 1927

October 8, 2020

Date: May 17, 1927 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) I have here a telegram from Mr. Hoover. It is quite long and I don’t need to read it all. Some of the pertinent parts of it are. Accumulating experience and the success of our appeal to the public makes reasonably safe to say […]

Press Conference, October 11, 1927

October 6, 2020

Date: October 11, 1927 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) I don’t know of anything that is being done by the Washington authorities relative to the officers and crew of the President Roosevelt for rescuing the British freighter Antinoe. They have been honored by the British Government. Whether that would be considered sufficient I […]