PRESIDENTIAL THEME IS 'HOLD STEADY DON'T ROCK THE BOAT!"
Somewhere Out West (JFK+50) On July 3, 1923, David Lawrence of the Evening Star reports ""Hold steady don't rock the boat'...may be the republican party and the appeal of President (Warren G.) Harding for re-election in 1924."
This is the theme being expressed in all the President's speeches on his current western tour. It holds that compared to the rest of the globe, "America has made substantial progress.
It calls for the American people to be patient and continue to support the Harding administration.
SOURCE
"'Don't Rock the Boat,' Slogan President May Adopt for 1924," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
President Warren G. Harding
Outside the White House
Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress
