THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Jan. 19, 1925

¶ On behalf of the Trustees of Princeton University, Mr. E. D. Duffield, President of the Prudential (Gibraltar) Life Insurance Co., extended to Calvin Coolidge an invitation to receive an LL.D. next June.

¶ The President's opposition—both on the grounds of economy and in the hope of preventing competitive armament races—succeeded in forestalling the movement to increase the elevation of guns on the capital ships of the U. S. Navy.

¶ Judge Elbert H. Gary, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a sub-committee of the Citizens' Committee of 1,000 break fasted off the White...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!