The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-03-07
CAL COOLIDGE
REVIEWS OATH
AS PRESIDENT
President Is Sworn In as Thou
Sands of Spectators
Jam Square.

Washington, March An a bril-
liant but unpretentious pageant,
Pres. Coolidge today renewed his
oath as 3Oth president of the United
States.
Standing upon the steps of the
capitol, the president affirmed his
pledge of Office and then laid down a
threefold program for his admins
tration-economy, tax reduction and
cooperation with the nations Of the
world.
Bareheaded in the chill March
breeze Chief Justice Taft, himself a
former president, now garbed in the
black robes of his judicial Office,
stood beside him and administered
the oath.
The president placed his right
hand upon the Bible which his moth
er read to him as child and pledged
himself again to defend the constitu-
tion and the nation.
Heard by Millions.
Immediately after the oath, the
president began his Inauguration ad-
dress. His unstressed words leaped
out through a microphone before him
to all over the nation through 25
radio stations.
For the first time in the history of
the nation an inauguration ceremony
was broadcast to millions Of absent
spectators.
Thirty thousand people jammed
the capitol square where presidents
OF history have launched their admin
istrations.
Inaugural Message.
Text of Inaugural Message by the
President. Delivered after taking
oath Of Office from the east portico Of
the capitol.
My Countrymen:
No one can contemplate current
conditions without finding much that
is satisfying and still more that is en-
couraging. Our own country is lead
ing the worli in the general read
justment to the results of the great
conflict. Many of its burdens will
bear heavily upon us for years, and
the secondary and indirect effects we
must expect to experience for some
time. But we are beginning to COM
prehend more definitely what course
should be pursued, what remedies
ought to be applied, what actions
should be taken for our deliverance,
and are clearly manifesting deter
mined will faithfully and conscien-
tiously to adopt these methods of re-
lief. ~
favor the policy of economy, not
because l wish to save money, but
because wish to save people. The
men and women OF this country who
toll are the ones who bear the cost
of the government. Every dollar
that We carelessly waste means that
their life will be so much the more
meager. Every dollar that we pru-
IDENTIFY save means that their life will
be SO much more abundant. Econ
omy is idealism in its most practical
form.
These are some of the principles
which America represents. We have
not by any means put them fully into
practice, but we have strongly signi-
fed our belief in them. The encour-
aging feature of our country is not
that II has reached its destination,
but that 1t has overwhelmingly ex-
pressed its determination to proceed
in the right direction. 1t is true that
we could. with profit, be less section
al and more national in our thought.
It.would be well If we could replace
much that Is only false and ignor-
ant prejudice with true and enlight-
ened pride of race. But the last elec-
tion showed that appeals to class and
nationality had little effect. We
were all found loyal to common
citizenship. The fundamental pre-
cept Of liberty is toleration. We can
not permit any inQuisition either
within or without the law or apply
any religious test to the holding Of
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