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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his quiet demeanor and strong support for business and limited government. Coolidge's presidency is often associated with the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties, and he famously advocated for a hands-off approach to the economy, believing that government should interfere as little as possible in the lives of citizens and businesses.
On July 16, 1925, the President signed an Executive Order, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit to the Board of Trustees of the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture, as the agent designated by the Chinese…
Now I think that is the real extent at the present time of the Chinese policy, based on those two things—carrying out the Washington Agreements on the one side and doing what we can to get China to protect foreign interests on the other…
You better get a copy of Whittier and read Snowbound before you go there.
I expect to spend a considerable part of it trying to amuse the newspapermen.
It would interfere with me very much if I understood that it is to be taken down in shorthand here and then used outside for such purposes as anyone might want to use them.
Otherwise it greatly interferes with my freedom of expression and my trying to disclose to the conference the things that I have in mind.
I don't quite throw my communications to the conference into anything like finished style or anything that perhaps would naturally be associated with a Presidential utterance.
What I say here is not to be taken down in shorthand other than that which is taken down by my stenographer for my purposes.
This shows concretely what has been accomplished by the joint effort of the executive and legislative branches of our Government.
The Federal Budget system had just been established and we met to dedicate our services to its successful operation and to reduce the cost of Government.
We are seeking to let those who earn money keep more of it for themselves and give less of it to the Government.
If there is one thing above all others that will stimulate business it is tax reduction.
We are nearing the time when constructive economy in the business of government will not find a reflection in continuing lessening yearly outlays.
Economy in the cost of government is inseparable from reduction in taxes.
It can not be too often emphasized that the property of this country belongs to the people of this country.
It reendows them not only with increased material but with increased spiritual values.
The Chief Executive may preach economy, but unless the people in the service practice it the preaching is in vain.
I haven't had any report from the Tariff Commission on butter, or straw hats, or gold leaf.
Congress enacted a law abolishing the bathing beach that was contemplated for colored people and abolished also the bathing beach that was in existence for the white people.
I don't know of any developments regarding the [Potomac] bathing beach.
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