The White House Week
¶ The President vetoed the Bonus Bill, condemning it from the standpoints of economic wisdom and moral principle. (See Page 4.)
¶ President Coolidge let it be known that he had been misinformed by the Department of Justice (Daugherty regime) at the time when he gave executive clemency to a Chicago saloon keeper sentenced to a year in jail and $1,000 fine in connection with an alleged infraction of the prohibition laws. The President had been given to understand that the fine had been paid although the sentence...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
