The White House Week

The White House Week

P: The President vetoed the Bonus Bill, condemning it from the standpoints of economic wisdom and moral principle. (See Page 4.)

P: President Coolidge let it be known that he had been misinformed by the Department of Justice (Daugherty regime) at the time when he gave executive clemency to a Chicago saloon keeper sentenced to a year in jail and $1,000 fine in connection with an alleged infraction of the prohibition laws. The President had been given to understand that the fine had been paid although the sentence had not been served. The President's statement was given out following the action of a Chicago judge who ruled that the man was sentenced for contempt and that, therefore, the President did not have the power to pardon. Attorney General Stone instituted an examination of the case to determine whether the denial of the President's power to pardon was legal.

P: The President stood smiling beside Mrs. Coolidge under a large oak near the South Portico of the White House and welcomed 1,600 guests, including three long paragraphs of prominent names, who came to the first of three Executive garden parties. Mrs. Coolidge wore tan chiffon and a bright shawl, and food was distributed from tables in scattered red-and-white striped marquees.

P:Other important social engagements of Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge included: 1) attendance at the marriage of Miss Mary Wallace (Agriculture) to Dr. Charles Bruggmann, 2) a visit to the Army-Navy League Ball in the sail loft of the Navy Yard, 3) a visit under the friendly protection of John Ringling to the circus at which, according to reliable reports, Mr. Coolidge most enjoyed "bareback riding, trapeze performances and trained dog acts."

P: Last week the most notorious disease in the U. S. was a "rose fever" contracted by Mr. Coolidge from the dust at the circus. It kept him in his room for two days.

P: Mrs. John B. Henderson of Washington, planning to spend the Summer abroad, bethought herself of a less fortunate lady, and offered Mrs. Coolidge the use of her private swimming-pool during the early morning hours several times a week. Mrs. Coolidge accepted and asked that Mrs. George Wharton Pepper (Republican, Pennsylvania) and Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones (Democrat, New Mexico) be invited to share the pool with her at the designated hours.