Calvin Coolidge

In Massachusetts the 19th of April is known as Patriots Day.

I have no authority to vary this mode of procedure or to modify the conditions and reservations or to interpret them and I see no difficulty in the way of securing the assent of each signatory by direct exchange of notes as provided for by…

It is a marked honor to be invited to speak in your presence.

This Government does not consider that any new agreement is necessary to give effect to the conditions and reservations on which the United States is prepared to adhere to the Permanent Court.

The Senate gave its consent to the adherence of the United States to the Statute of the Permanent Court with certain specific conditions and reservations set forth in the Resolution, which I forwarded to you as the depository of the…

I haven't made any investigation of the questions involved, formed any opinion of them, expressed or expect to express any opinion in relation to it.

We of the Western Hemisphere are one people striving for a common purpose, animated by common ideals and bound together in a common destiny.

It is a peculiar pleasure to extend to your Congress, which represents so many American Republics, a most cordial greeting.

A free and enlightened press, by this means, becomes one of the safeguards of liberty.

Truth dissipates misunderstanding and misconception.

Such meetings can not fail to have far-reaching consequences.

In some measure this has been due to the lack of information in our press.

Employment apparently is plentiful.

The reports in relation to business conditions in the country seem to be substantially as they have been for the past months.

A great many products go into building, and when that industry is flourishing it creates a demand for all kinds of supplies and has a beneficial influence on all kinds of production.

It is in that direction especially that I want to avoid increases, so far as we can.

I think that is a very important consideration.

And having made the larger cut in taxation, I suppose they are prepared to resist the applications for increasing expenditures, especially in consideration of expenditures that call for permanent appropriations.

It is true that the Congress made a larger cut in taxes than I wanted to have made, because I knew that there would be great pressure for incurring some additional expenditures.

What I am especially solicitous about is the financial and economic condition of the Government.

I have already expressed several times to the conference my appreciation of the very fine work that the present Congress is doing.

There is no intention, so far as I know, to make any appeal for gifts of Colonial furniture for the White House.

I expect it will remain in my possession.

I suppose I shall keep it.

I am undertaking to provide for it to be carried on as a farm for the next year.