Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-19 | Page 13 | A Coolidge Myth Shattered

I QI I A Coolidge Myth Shattered red I IThe j The legend of ot Coolidge as z a strong silent man manI manIs I Is annihilated b by Preston W. W son of Michigan university who contributes a historians historian's estimate of 01 the to October Current History Coolidge may have ha been strong he was not silent declares tho the author lie often otten for tor hours at a time on occasions of ot formal public lie wrote I lengthy addresses to congress He lie spreads his biography blog blog- raphy at al no inconsiderable len length th President Hoover 1 I Is a a. far tar better example of ot silence his hastily and apologetically uttered words words' at a banquet show the true engineer the man who can ox express press himself only In deeds whereas Coolidge's nasal twang rings out boldly and confidently over the radio There Thero Is a a. certain analogy here with William the Silent one of ot the most eloquent of ot statesmen William of or Orange was so called because he could k keep p silence t when he lie wanted t to An so 80 it is with Calvin the tho Silent In n private ato company ho sees no need of small ISmail talk and Imply says nothing Tho The American public which cannot endure a a. moments moment's silence without filling it up at once with chatter or Jazz is filled with A t man must bo be a a. genius to hold his tongue