Monday, May. 12, 1924
Mr. Coolidge's Week
Mr. Coolidge's Week
P: The President accepted on behalf of the U. S. two bronze statues presented by the Hungarian-American Society. Both are by Julius de Bezeredy--one of them a copy of the statue of Washington in Budapest, the other of Louis Kossuth. Both statues will remain permanently in the White House (see Page 10).
P: Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge invited a few guests to come to a showing of a cinema "Passion Play," directed by Mr. Blanchard of the Interior Department
P: The President declared by proclamation an embargo on all arms shipments to Cuba, where "conditions of violence" exist on account of an attempted revolution by General Carlos Garcia-Velez (see Page 12).
P: Luscious salmon from Alaska were the cause of a letter from President Coolidge to Chairman Jones of the Senate Commerce Committee. He renewed a recommendation, made in his message at the opening of Congress, that the bill for conserving the Alaskan fisheries, which Secretary Hoover has strongly advocated, be passed.
P: Mrs. Coolidge, continuing a custom revived from the past by Mrs. Harding, announced the dates of three large lawn parties--May 15, 22, 29.
P: The President vetoed the Bursum Pension Bill to increase the pensions of veterans and widows of veterans of the 1812, Mexican, Civil, Indian, Spanish Wars (see Page 2).
P: Miss Agnes MacPhail, only woman M. P. of Canada, called at the White House and talked to Mr. Coolidge about farming.