Mr. Coolidge's Week

P: The President and Mrs. Coolidge gave a farewell dinner to C. Bascom Slemp, who retired as Secretary to the President. The guests included Secretaries Weeks and Hoover, Speaker Gillett, Senator Hale of Maine, Representatives Longworth and Madden, Commissioners Blair (Internal Revenue) and Burke (Indian Affairs), ex-Senator Sutherland of West Virginia, G. Logan Payne, Washington publisher. Afterward, Mr. Slemp departed for a vacation in Florida before resuming his law practice in Washington.

P: Mr. Coolidge attended the semi-annual meeting of the Government's "business executives" on the administration of the budget (see Page 4).

P: The report of the President's Agricultural Conference (see Page 6) was presented to the White House, and Mr. Coolidge transmitted it to Congress, asking that its recommendations be translated into legislation.

P: White House breakfast was held to which were invited Congressional leaders, in order, to discuss plans for agricultural legislation in accordance with the Conference's report.

P: Wallace R. Farrington, Governor of Hawaii for the last four years, was last week nominated by President Coolidge to succeed himself.

P: The annual dinner in honor of the Supreme Court took place last week at the White House. Guests other than the Justices and their wives were Attorney General Stone and--designate Warren, Solicitor General Beck and their wives, Representative Graham (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee), ex-Governor and Mrs. Sproul of Pennsylvania; Princess Cantacuzene, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow of Manhattan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns.

P: Representative Sanders of Indiana who retires (voluntarily) from Congress in March, and is then to become Secretary to the President, began to spend a few hours a day at the White House to tide over the period between Mr. Slemp's exit and his own official entrance.

P: The President invited Dr. George T. Harding, father of the late President, to attend his inauguration on Mar. 4. Dr. and Mrs. Harding are to attend.

P:I Mr. Coolidge received as callers: William J. Bryan--to say he was interested in promoting world peace; Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloon League Leader--to say that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes had done well in office considering the difficulties he encountered; the gymnastic team of the Springfield (Mass.) Y.M.C.A. College, returning from a seven week, 11,000 mile exhibition tour through the Southwest and Mexico.

P: The President let it be known that he approved the action of the Republican leaders in Congress in not inviting the (Insurgents to the Republican House Caucus which is to take place later this month (see Page 3).

P: Emile Daeschner, new successor to M. Jusserand, presented his credentials as Ambassador from the French Republic.