Mr. Coolidge's Week

Mr. Coolidge's Week

P: The last of three State dinners of the season was given at the White House in honor of Speaker (soon to be Senator) and Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett. The guests around the great board numbered many notables, including one Governor, one Senator, three Admirals, three Generals, one Bishop and members of the 400 of the Nation's metropolis.

P: President Coolidge's will and the will of the District of Columbia approached each other from opposite directions. The President swerved an inch; the District swerved a yard and collision was averted. The matter in disagreement was the inaugural ceremony. The President wished it to be very quiet; the District wished it to be very grand, in order that a big crowd might be drawn and business improved. Last week, the Washington Inaugural Committee announced that it would return to the donors the greater part of the $60,000 to $100,000 that had been subscribed for the celebration. The President, after witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Dawes in the Senate Chamber, will step out before the Capitol, take the oath of office, deliver an inaugural address (said to be brief), proceed up Pennsylvania Avenue, followed only by such military and naval contingents as happen to be posted in the capital. The Governors of a few states--12 had accepted and 19 declined last week--with their staffs will also be in the parade. Only a few reviewing stands will be erected, close to the White House. In the evening, there is to be a Charity Ball, attended by Mr. and Mrs. Dawes, but not by the Coolidges.

P: The President let it be known 1) that he was opposed to the return of German property seized during the War to its original owners; 2) that he was satisfied with the German treaty on commerce as ratified with reservations by the Senate; 3) that he did not look with favor on the proposal for a United Air Service for the Army and Navy.

P: Major Oscar N. Solbert, military aide to the President, commander of the White House police, making plans to gather a corps of Samsons for police duty, ruled that no new men should be accepted less than six feet in height. Six chosen last week ranged from six feet to six feet two.

P: The President issued the customary proclamation calling the new Senate into session on Mar. 4 to act on executive nominations.

P: The nominations of William M. Jardine of Kansas to be Secretary of Agriculture (see Page 2), Frank B. Kellogg to be Secretary of State, George Parks, mining engineer of Colorado, to be Governor of Alaska succeeding Scott C. Bone in June, went forward from the White House.

P: Mrs. Coolidge took Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns to a performance of Thais given by the Chicago Civic Opera Company.

P: Director of the Budget Lord recommended to Congress an appropriation of $50,000 for mending leaks in the roof, insulating electric wires and replacing sagging beams in the White House.