La Semaine du President

During the week M. le President Gaston Doumergue, beady-eyed, humorous, possessed of the most supple and successful fund of political tact in France--

Signed the bill authorizing construction, before June 30, 1928, of one cruiser, six destroyers, five submarines, one special mine-laying submarine, and two despatch vessels.

Received and chatted briefly with Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Andrew William Mellon, who said upon emerging: "It was just a courtesy visit. We did not discuss debts or official matters."

Sent a cablegram to U. S. President Calvin Coolidge expressing good will and felicitation upon the arrival of General John Joseph Pershing in Paris.