THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Nov. 21, 1927

The Presidency

President Coolidge's activities fall into distinct categories, for each of which he must have a distinct frame of mind. His activities last week included the following:

Executive. The President requested Attorney General Sargent to go at once to New England and confer with Vice Chairman James L. Fieser of the Red Cross on the flood situation (see p. 9). He requested Secretary Hoover to follow Attorney General Sargent this week, when flood data will be more complete.

¶The President appointed Lawyer Garland S. Ferguson Jr. of Greensboro, N. C., to fill the...

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