The Arvada enterprise., 1923-08-09
COOLIDGE SETS
DATE OF BURIAL
ne" EXECUTIVE TAKES up NJ,
TIES QUIETLY, coNfEo., w.
WITH OFFICIALS ON Eunra.'
NO CHANGES MADE
PRESIDENT ASSURED co.
eroNoeN1s he WOULD coNrx.
oE PRACTICES OF PREDecssso.

Observation-Disclosures Coolidge ,,.
put his shoulder under the h,.a. s
government and made ready IN oa.
on along the pathway pointed On, =.
President Harding.
His second day us President w,,
cupied with Il long succession ot
cial conferences, in which he y,i,,
an initial grasp of his duties and
sponsibilities and made final Mans :,
the state funeral of his prede,es<O,
He signed the name of Calvin c..,
idge, President of the United s,o,.,
for the first time to proclamation =,
nouncing the passing of Mr. Hardin,
and calling on the nation 10 ohSo,,s
Friday, Aug. 10, as day of mo,,rDi,,
and prayer.
Announcements of policy were with.
held by the President, nor wou,d h.
Indicate whether he had in mind an
extra session of Congress.
Everything stands as it is,r he said
to newspaper correspondents until
you are notified to the contrary"
This statement applied to the csbi.
net personnel, and it was learned lats,
that the President hoped the presep,
cabinet members would not only r..
main to assist him but would rpfnin
from presenting even thir CUSTOMARY
formal designations. This hope he il
said to have expressed personally TO
all the cabinet officers now in Wash.
ington.
In addition to his talks with depart.
ment and bureau chiefs, Mr.. Coolidge
was engaged throughout the day in
conferences with Col. Clarence Sher.
rill, White House military aide, re.
garding plans for the funeral Of Pres.
ident Harding. In mourning for his
predecessor, he wore wide band Of
crepe on the sleeve of his gray suit.
President Coolidge assured the news
paper correspondents that he would
continue the practice of his predees
sOr In holding semi-weekly conferences
with them. He added that he would
be glad to give out any informaion
and assist in the proper dsse:ninatiOn
OF news from the White House.
MISUNDERSTANDING is the text
of President Coolidgc's proclamation
appointing Friday, Aug. lO-the date
Of the late President Harding's funer'
alas Il day of mourning and prayer
throughout the nation;
by the President of the United States
of America.
"a PROCLAMATION:
ITO the People of the United States
IN the inscrutable wisdom of Divine
Providence, Warren Gamaliel Hardns'
twenty-ninth President of the uhllN
States, has been taken from us. lhs
nation has lost Il wise and enlightened
statesman and the people a true lnenu
and counselor whose public life WASH
spired with the desire 10 promote ts
best interests of the United s'a.e'
and the welfare Of all its citizens. HI
private life was marked by sehllenes
and brOtherly sympathy, and py us
charm Of his personality ne hau
friends of all who came IN cou'N'
with him.
ut is meet that the deep grief VINO
fills the hearts of the American Nv
pie should find fitting expression
"Now, therefore, !. Calvin CooAue.
President of the United States OF AD.',
lea, do appoint Friday next, aus, ,,.a
the day on which the body OF 'ns w.
President will be laid in Its '''s' e.'a
" resting place as day OF lho ..nI
and prayer throughout the . N.
States. I earnestly RECOMMEND v"
people to assemble on that da! ~ ..hn
respective places Of divine Nv', ~
there to bow down in SublA'ss0A ~,
the will of Almighty God anu y ,,y.
out OF full hearts tie h"ll'0I' :" -, ii.
and reverence to the memory y, ,s,h
great and good President, whose O''
hns so sorely smItten he ha''"'
I'm witness whereof have 'ers11 N.
set my hand and caused the Se'''
United States To Ne affixed
Done at the city Of Was,'", rs,,
the fourth day Of ANGST IL n
Of our Lord 1929, and the Indele"''
OF the United States the 'f''"'
"By the president: ,ncr
"CALvIN CooIilmh
(signcd) "CHARll&S e ll', ~, state
secretary "' ''
",r,e white House, Washington