...to the heart of the question in his now famous answer, to which there was (and could be) no reply: "The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has...President Wilson to Washington does not apply to Boston. Your assertion that the Commissioner was wrong cannot justify the wrong of leaving the city unguarded....

...the effect that the police commissioner had acted in an autocratic manner Governor Coolidge said : Replying to your telegram, I have already refused...affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, and is now prohibited. The suggestion of President Wilson to Washington does not apply to Boston. There...

...Commissioner of Boston. I did not appoint He can assume no position which the courts would upffold except what the people have by the authority of their...affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, and is now prohibited. The suggestion of President Wilson to Washington does not apply to Boston. There...

...through both direct and indirect results, as one of the epochmaking documents in American history: The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has...been questioned, never granted, is now prohibited. . . . There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time. It has...

...unforgettable phrases justified his police strike actions. Replying to your telegram [he told Gompers], I have already refused to remove the Police Commissioner...Washington does not apply to Boston. There the police remained on duty. Here the Policemen's Union left their duty, an action which President Wilson described...