PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO 4000 SCIENTISTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 31, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge spoke to 4000 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from the South Portico of the White House.
The scientists were in the Nation's Capital for the 79th convocation of the AAAS. In his address, in which the President referred to the scientists as "the wonder workers of all the ages," Mr. Coolidge said...
"You represent the interests, the forces and the endless activities which...are conquering new domains and adding...to the...realm of human knowledge."
SOURCE
"Future Of World Hinges On Science, Coolidge Asserts," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 31, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
