THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Mar. 3, 1924

Mr. Coolidge's Week

¶ The President received Major General Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Service, and the aviators who will take part in the Army's around-the-world flight to start from Los Angeles on March 15. "Bring home the bacon," said Mr. Coolidge.

¶At the request of George Busby Christian, Jr., Secretary to President Harding, President Coolidge withdrew from the Senate Mr. Christian's nomination for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Another member of the Commission had opposed the nomination and Mr. La Follette was mustering opposition in the Senate. ¶...

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