Letters and essays on the subject of the cost of living, spanning the period from August 28, 1923, through June 3, 1924. This small group of items, which in no sense comprehensively covers the subject of the cost of living, represents the total contents of this Coolidge case file. Items include a letter dated November 14, 1923, from Samuel Gompers to President Coolidge, outlining resolutions adopted at the forty-third annual convention of the American Federation of Labor in response to what labor felt was the low purchasing power of the dollar and the high cost of living; staff notes dated December 26, 1923, regarding an American Civic Association letter passed along to President Coolidge by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, recommending that the president call a Conference on Community Living Conditions; and a letter dated May 29, 1924, and essay by G.A. Volby, entitled "To Reduce the High Cost of Living," recommending to President Coolidge that he help the farmers as a way of lowering the cost of living for all consumers. The "Library of Congress Index to the Calvin Coolidge Papers" calls this file "High Cost of Living," although the folder bears the name "Farming General." Much, but not all, of the material in it pertains to agriculture.
Entire folder reproduced as facsimile page images: 11 pages.