THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Dec. 7, 1925

Mr. Coolidge's Week

¶ President Coolidge received a letter from John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, charging that bituminous mine operators were breaking their wage contract with the union, and asking what the Government is going to do about it. Shortly afterward Secretary Hoover, Attorney General Sargent and President Green of the American Federation of Labor had long conferences at the White House.

¶Senator Santiago Iglesias of Porto Rico presented to Mr. Coolidge a petition purporting to come from 13,000 Porto Ricans, alleging that the island is dominated by...

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