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¶ Immediately after finishing his speech. President Coolidge boarded his train for Washington. Some days before, he had let it be known that he would not give as much time as he used to social functions. He will leave them as soon as he has done his part, not wait to hear other speakers. A notice to this effect was printed in last fortnight's program of the National Geographic Society. After the President had presented the Hubbard Medal to Col. Lindbergh, he promptly left. Another example was the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution (TIME, May 2). An address by the President had been an annual D.A.R. feature. President Coolidge declined this year. Nor will he attend more than one of the semiannual dinners of the Gridiron (Washington newsgatherers') Club.
¶ White House callers of the week included:
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who after his call said he was won over to the Administration's figure of $225,000,000 for tax reduction. He had previously favored a $300,000,000 cut.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, to introduce Col. W. E. Easterwood Jr. of Dallas, who is offering $50,000 for a non-stop airplane flight from Dallas to Hong Kong.
President William Wallace Atterbury of the Pennsylvania R. R. to pay respects and also, doubtless, to touch on the Pennsylvania coal strike situation (see p. 11).
President William Cooper Proctor of Proctor & Gamble (soap), of Cincinnati, to discuss community chests.
President Charles E. Mitchell of the National City Bank of New York, to pay respects. Mr. Mitchell was in Washington with Thomas William Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. to discuss foreign loans with Secretary of State Kellogg.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and colleagues, to set forth grievances of Pennsylvania coal miners.
Fisticuffer James J. Tunney, to be presented by Commandant John Archer Lejeune of the Marine Corps. President Coolidge told Mr. Tunney that he had not attended a prizefight in 15 years. Mr. Tunney later pronounced President Coolidge "a keen man."
¶ President & Mrs. Coolidge watched a football game between picked elevens of the Army and the Marine corps. The Marines won, 14-0. President Coolidge handed Richard ("Bozo") Duncan, captain of the Marines, the President's Cup. "The game was well played and you deserved to win. I enjoyed it very much," he said.
*Founded in 1862. Said President Coolidge: "Everybody is ready to come to the support of Abraham Lincoln now. Everybody is for the Union now. But in the autumn of 1862 . . . the most patriotic efforts were required to fill the ranks of the army, carry the weight of taxation, finance the cost of equipment, and bear all the other burdens of fraternal strife. . . . They (the founders of the Union League Club) became an example to be followed in many other sections."