Today -100: October 27, 1924: Of speaking fees and forgeries

Supposedly Coolidge, last year when he was vice president, demanded $250 plus expenses to address a memorial meeting for veterans. The White House hasn’t denied the story, because it’s true. This is the man who opposes the Bonus because “patriotism can neither be bought not sold.”

Some Cabinet officers in Britain’s Labour government are saying the Zinoviev Letter is a forgery, while others are saying they just don’t know. PM Ramsay MacDonald hasn’t offered an opinion.

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