A major issue affecting Massachusetts Republicans that year was the party split between the progressive wing, which favored Theodore Roosevelt, and the conservative wing, which favored William Howard Taft. Although he favored some progressive measures, Coolidge refused to leave the Republican party. When the new Progressive Party declined to run a candidate in his state senate district, Coolidge won reelection against his Democratic opponent by an increased margin. At the start of that term, he became chairman of a committee to arbitrate the 'Bread and Roses' strike by the workers of the American Woolen Company in Lawrence, Massachusetts. During Coolidge's presidency, the United States experienced a period of rapid economic growth known as the 'Roaring Twenties.' He left the administration's industrial policy in the hands of his activist Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, who energetically used government auspices to promote business efficiency and develop airlines and radio.
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