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The presidents of that time did not have the same modern presidency we do today. They inherited a simple presidency: "Coolidge was the last president to spend hours standing in the White House lobby greeting and shaking hands with casual visitors on their tours. He was the last president to have only one secretary and no other aides. Coolidge still didn't know how to drive an automobile. He didn't have a telephone on his desk: there was one in a little booth outside his office, but he never used it." (It was undignified)
Sobel,Coolidge, An American Enigma, p. 235
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