Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Today -100: July 28, 1920: Of plumbs and conferences


Gov. Coolidge is officially notified of his nomination to the veepship. In his acceptance speech, which spends a lot of time on the need to repress sedition, he calls Harding “wise enough to seek counsel,” which sounds to some like he’s saying sure Harding is dumb but he’s got me to set him straight, much like in 2000 when Bush supporters said sure he’s dumb but he’s surrounded by proper adults like... Cheney and Rumsfeld. The notification takes place at the two-family house in Northampton, Massachusetts, half of which he rents. The doctor who rents the other half, who’s called “Doc” Plumb because of course he is, is plumb tired of people mistaking him for Cal and insisting on shaking his hand. He’s also annoyed that he pays $1 a month more than the governor.

Russia might, after all, be willing to participate in a conference with the Allies, as Lloyd George suggested, after previously insisting on simple bilateral talks with Poland to end their war. But Russia’s response to LG doesn’t even mention Poland, talking instead about working out the differences between Russia and the big powers and, implicitly, their recognition of the Soviet government. France is being less than helpful, as is the custom, with PM Alexandre Millerand insisting that the US should also take part and saying he doesn’t want to talk to the Bolsheviks about anything except Poland.


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