THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Oct. 1, 1923

The usual multiplicity of duties greeted President Coolidge. Some of his acts were:

¶To proclaim Oct. 9 as official Fire Prevention Day throughout the country.

¶To receive a new White House dog, Peter Pan, a wire-haired fox terrier from Boston, son of Prides Hill Sicyon and Lady Rabbie.

¶To be told that he should call a special session of Congress to consider the coal situation or the farm situation.

¶To ask newspaper men not to give undue publicity to his sons John and Calvin, now students at Mercersburg Academy.

¶To announce...

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