Mr. Coolidge's Week

Mr. Coolidge's Week

P: Mr. Coolidge made speaking dates for himself last week at a rate which was in striking contrast to his tendency in that direction a year ago. He announced that he would address the New York Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 19 at Manhattan, the American Farm Bureau Federation on Dec. 7 in Chicago, and that on Christmas Eve he will deliver a radio address; also that he would doubtless speak at the opening of the Philadelphia Exposition in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Several other speeches were on his program, undated. In addition the White House social calendar for the coming winter was made public. Beginning Dec. 3 practically every Thursday evening until February 11, one of the following events will be held:

Cabinet Dinner

Diplomatic Reception

Diplomatic Dinner

New Year's Reception (Friday morning)

Judicial Reception

Supreme Court Dinner

Congressional Reception

Speaker's Dinner

Army and Navy Reception

P: Zdenek Fierlinger, new Minister from Czecho-Slovakia, presented his credentials and he and the President each made a little speech which was given to the Press. The President also tendered a luncheon to the CzechoSlovakian Debt Mission which recently concluded its debt funding agreement with the U. S. (TIME, Oct. 19, THE CABINET).

P: Mr. Orville Wright and Miss Wright, his sister, lunched with Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge after Mr. Wright had given testimony before the President's Air Inquiry Board.

P: At conferences with the Press, Mr. Coolidge made two important announcements: 1) That in Mr. Coolidge's opinion it improves the credit of foreign nations and enables them to secure private loans in this country on better terms if they first undertake to fund their obligations to the U. S. Government [This is the first official intimation that the Government is using its unofficial veto power against private loans to countries which have not settled their War debts to the U. S.]; 2) That the signing of the security pact at Locarno brings closer the time when it will be appropriate for President Coolidge to summon another disarmament conference.