The White House Week

P: On New Year's Day any inhabitant of the world can grasp the hand of the President of the U. S. He must go to the White House .between 1 and 3 p.m. He will stand in line, enter at the front door, notice the mistletoe hung from the chandelier, proceed to the Blue Room, extend his right hand to the President and Mrs. Coolidge, take leave with dignity. On Jan. 1, 1927, 3,185 people* did these things. One-third of them, including the Diplomatic Corps and Washington officials, were received before" noon.

P: It was announced by President Coolidge that one of the members of the U. S. legation in Switzerland would represent this country at an Economic Conference in t Geneva this month to consider international double taxation.

P: Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, on his way home from London, had luncheon at the White House.

P:Prince Chichibu, brother of the new Emperor of Japan, also on his way home, called at the White House (see p. 17).

P:President Coolidge asked the press to back the Administration's foreign policy in the present Mexican and Nicaraguan troubles (see p. 8). He resented the gratuitous interference of Senators.

*Two less than last year. At President Harding's first New Year's reception, a group of I. W. W. came, hoping to be ejected. They were unmolested and allowed to shake the President's hand. This year no I. W. W. were reported.