Date: June 8, 1928
Location: Washington, D.C.
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The petition for executive clemency in the case of Proctor, Eagles and Moreno hasn’t reached me and I don’t know what the report of the Department of Justice on it will show. I think I saw by the press that a stay of two weeks had been granted during which I assume the Department will make a finding and present it to me. Then, I think some one representing these defendants will come in to see me. Have they got an appointment, Mr. Sanders?
Mr. Sanders: Coming tomorrow.
President: I shall hear them and see what they have to say about it.
Question: Is Mr. Bigelow’s law firm representing them?
President: I don’t know who is coming.
Mrs. Coolidge will go up to Superior when I go. She did think a little of going up to Amherst Commencement, but she concluded that she won’t do that. And I don’t think it will be possible for me to go to Amherst Commencement either. That comes next week, about the time I am going to Wisconsin.
Citation: Calvin Coolidge: Remarks by the President to Newspaper Correspondents
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