John Ferrell Archive | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Press Conference, October 5, 1923

May 5, 2020

Date: October 5, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I have an inquiry here on the subject of education relative to the statement that I made of approval […]

Tags: Debt, Education, Environment, Italy, Tariff Commission, War Finance Corporation

Press Conference, October 9, 1923

May 5, 2020

Date: October 9, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) An inquiry about Senator Copeland of New York, suggesting that in a series of speeches he is urging the […]

Tags: Business, German Reparations, Tariffs, Taxation

Press Conference, February 8, 1924

May 5, 2020

Date: February 8, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. I will take up first the matter of Mr. Brewer’s report relative to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. I learned within a […]

Tags: American Merchant Marine, Attorney General Daugherty, Charles G. Washburn, Department of Justice, Disarmament Conference, General Dawes, Japan - Gentlemen’s Agreement, Mexico, Premier MacDonald, Reparations Commission, The Russian Regime, Treasury Department

Press Conference, February 1, 1924

May 5, 2020

Date: February 1, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Here is an inquiry about a proposed loan to Mexico. This is the first I have heard of any such loan. It is […]

Tags: American War Ships in Mexican Waters, Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, Ball Rent Act, Honduras, Illness, Loan to Mexico, Oil Leases, President Wilson, Proposed Treaty with Panama, Treasury Savings Certificates in the Northwest

Press Conference, November 13, 1923

May 5, 2020

Date: November 13, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) The class doesn’t seem to be so inquisitive this morning as it sometimes is. There isn’t a very large […]

Tags: Foreign Affairs, Germany, President’s Address to Congress, Taxes, Treaty of Versailles