SENATOR HEFLIN BRINGS UP 'KEEP COOL WITH COOLIDGE' SLOGAN
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 22, 1926, Senator J. Thomas Heflin* (D-Alabama) declared on the Senate floor that since the Republican Party's campaign slogan during the presidential election campaign of 1924 was 'Keep Cool With Coolidge,' "Republicans ought not to be concerned about the coal situation."
Senator Heflin's statement followed a request by Senator Frank B.Willis** (R-Ohio) "to have a letter placed in the record on the coal question."
JFK+50 NOTE
There was chronic overproduction and instability in the coal industry, particularly in the anthracite sector during the Coolidge years. The President displayed a 'hands off' approach to the situation.
*James Thomas Heflin (1869-1951) was born in Louina, Alabama & attended Auburn University. JTH served in the US House of Representatives 1904-1920 & US Senate 1920-1931. He was nicknamed 'Cotton Tom.'
**Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) was born in Lewis Center, Ohio & graduated Ohio Northern University 1894. FBW served as Governor of Ohio 1915-1917 & U.S. Senator 1921-1928.
SOURCE
"1924 G.O.P. 'Keep Cool' Slogan Bars Party Worry Over Coal, Heflin Holds," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 22, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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