¶ The President appeared in his office with his right wrist swollen, bandaged. Cause: undefined and perhaps undefinable*. . . . He watched workmen on the roof of the White House, suddenly retreated eight yards. Cause: a crane dangling lumber above his head. . . . Mrs. Coolidge wore a green scarf. Cause: St. Patrick's Day.
¶ By "pocket veto" (failure to act on a bill ten days after receiving it, Congress having ad-journed), the President killed a bill to increase the pensions of Civil War widows, over 75 years of age,...
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