Under Coolidge, the number of local telephone calls went up by a quarter. Under Coolidge, religious faith found its modern context: the first great White House Christmas tree was lit, an ingenious use for the new technology, electricity. Under Coolidge, a man from a town without a railroad station, Americans moved from the road into the air. Under Coolidge, there came no federal antilynching law, but lynchings themselves became less frequent and Ku Klux Klan membership dropped by millions. Under Coolidge, the rates of patent applications and patents granted increased dramatically. Under Coolidge, the economy grew strongly, even as the federal government shrank. Under Coolidge, Americans wired their homes for electricity and bought their first cars or household appliances on credit. Under Coolidge, unemployment was 5 percent or even 3 percent. Under Coolidge, the federal budget was always in surplus. Under Coolidge, the top income tax rate came down by half, to 25 percent.
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