Tag Archive for "Panama Canal" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

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, February 15, 1929

August 31, 2020

Date: February 15, 1929 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) Within two or three weeks I conferred with some of the Senators relative to railroad consolidation legislation. They thought at that time it might be possible to secure the passage of a bill at this session. I do not think that later developments have […]

Press Conference, September 14, 1928

August 24, 2020

Date: September 14, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I am very glad to have a chance to welcome the members of the White House Press Association again. I hope you all had as pleasant a summer as we had in Northern Wisconsin. I haven’t made any definite decision yet about a trip […]

Press Conference, May 10, 1927

July 23, 2020

Date: May 10, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I am not sure whether I shall go down to Norfolk to review the fleet. I would like to go and mean to go if I can find the time. I have directed Mr. Mellon, although perhaps it had already been done, to notify […]