THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Jun. 14, 1926

¶ Ten youths and girls from Berea College, in Kentucky, stood unabashedly in front of the camera with President and Mrs. Coolidge while photographers took their pictures. Miss Virgie Wynn had presented Mrs. Coolidge with a quilt, handsome product of the college.

¶The President plans to have the Federal Trade Commission immediately investigate the rising cost of gasoline. The President has been told that the law of supply and demand is responsible for the recent rise. While in his opinion an investigation is not likely to reduce prices to any great extent,...

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