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Calvin Coolidge: “As far as I can see myself and as far as I am advised by the members of my Cabinet, Mr. Hoover, who keeps very closely…”

On the recordJuly 26, 1926
As far as I can see myself and as far as I am advised by the members of my Cabinet, Mr. Hoover, who keeps very closely in touch with the business situation, and Mr. Mellon, who is in touch with the banking situation and the business situation, too, both advised me just before I left Washington that the business outlook for the coming period, immediate period, was good, and so far as there have been developments since I talked with them their expectations have been fully confirmed.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference at White Pine Camp in Paul Smiths, New York

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