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...Farmers in Newell, S. Dak., gave President Coolidge one small gold irrigation shovel, two sheep, then offered to give him a farm of 160 acres on condition that he would settle thereon with sheep and shovel. Said the President: "These presents round out just what I need to be a farmer in South Dakota. ... I have been presented with a fine saddle horse and accoutrements. ... I am the possessor of a herd of cattle...
...President received from Congress the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, discussed it with his Cabinet, read it, pondered long-thereon...
...printed, a map of the world. Thereon are inscribed the names of places where styles originate. There is Hollywood and Bar Barbor Deanville and Newport, Lido Venice, St. Moritz, Palm Beach, Epsom Downs, Paris, West-bury, New Haven and Princeton. "Men who know and care about what to wear," reads the legend underneath, "gather at these places for business, pleasure, or social activities" Cambridge, to the sartorial lexicographer of Hart. Schaffner and Marx, is terra incognita, a wild land whence explorers bring back tales of wild and unkempt savages, untailored philistines...
Armament. "The public debt has a direct connection with the question of military preparedness. To the extent that we are able to reduce our public debt and to eliminate the vast charges of interest thereon, to that extent are we adding to our military preparedness. . . . What we need, and all that we need, for national protection is adequate preparedness. I am for adequate military preparedness. It is a question which I always give the most serious thought in my recommendations to the Congress in the budget message. As Commander in Chief of the Army and of the Navy, the Chief...
...Received from the Naval Affairs Committee the Naval appropriation bill, to which had been added $1,200,000 to begin work on three cruisers;* began debate thereon...